World Council of Churches, 1955-1963

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Shelfmark: MSS. Perham 740

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Contains:

folder 1 (fols. 1-36) correspondence and a questionnaire on the investigation by the Division of Studies into 'The Common Christian Responsibility Towards Areas of Rapid Social Change', 1955
folder 2 (fols. 1-193) Conference of the World Council of Churches at Thessalonika (Thessaloniki), list of participants, programme, preparatory material for the many sessions, reports on the findings of the conference, and Margery Perham's notes on the discussions, 1959
folder 3 (fols. 1-18) six papers commenting on responsibility towards areas of rapid change; some given to study groups preparing for the conference; one by Alan Paton presented to the All-Africa Church Conference in Jan 1958; together with an editorial for the Africa Issue of Background Information, [1959]
folder 4 (fols. 1-4) letters and a postcard from Margery Perham to her sister, Ethel Rayne, describing her visit to the conference, 1959
folder 5 (fols. 1-8) text of Margery Perham's speech to the World Council of Churches Conference and a copy of a letter to Dr Arbrecht about the version for publication, 1959
folder 6 (fols. 1-13) proposal for a conference on 'God, Man and Contemporary Society' in 1966, 1963.

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MSS. Perham 740

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