For All Peoples And All Nations

by Nurser, John S.; Little, David

• ISBN13: 9781589010390
• ISBN10: 1589010396
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-30
• Publisher: Georgetown Univ Pr

Summary

John Nurser has given life to a history almost sadly forgotten, and introduces the reader to the brilliant and heroic people of many faiths who, out of the aftermath of World War II and in the face of cynicism, dismissive animosity, and even ridicule, forged one of the world's most important secular documents, the United Nations's "Universal Declaration of Human Rights." These courageous, persistent, visionary individuals created the Commission on Human Rights. As David Little says in the foreword to this remarkable chronicle, "Both because of the large gap it fills in the story of the founding of the United Nations and the events surrounding the adoption of human rights, and because of the wider message it conveys about religion and peacebuilding, "For All People and All Nations is an immensely important contribution."

Author Biography

John S. Nurser is a fellow of the Human Rights Center at the University of Essex and Canon Emeritus of Lincoln Cathedral in the Church of England

Table of Contents

Foreword by David Little	ix
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
Archives and Abbreviations	xvii
Introduction: Revisiting a Myth	1	(10)
PART I
1 The Idea: To Universalize "Christendom"	11	(17)
2 The Man: Fred Nolde	28	(21)
PART II
3 To Write a Just and Durable Peace	49	(20)
4 Mobilizing Christian Forces	69	(12)
5 The Joint Committee on Religious Liberty	81	(12)
6 Preparing for San Francisco	93	(18)
7 The Charter of the United Nations Organization	111	(15)
8 An Ecumenical Instrument	126	(17)
9 Finding a Text	143	(17)
10 Declaring Human Rights	160	(12)
11 Conclusion: Faith and Human Rights Need Each Other	172	(11)
Appendixes
A Extracts from the Report of the WCC-in-Formation Conference "The Churches and the International Crisis"	183	(3)
B Extracts from A Message from the National Study Conference on the Churches and a Just and Durable Peace	186	(3)
C Extracts from the Minutes of the First Full Meeting of the Joint Committee on Religious Liberty	189	(2)
D The "Six Pillars of Peace"	191	(1)
E Statement on Religious Liberty	192	(1)
F Statement on Religious Liberty, Memorandum No. 2	193	(1)
G Extracts from the Report of Commission II, "The Peace Strategy of the Churches"	194	(2)
H Letter on Human Rights in the Charter of the United Nations	196	(2)
I Extracts from Concluding Remarks of J.H. Oldham and John Foster Dulles at the Final Session of the Girton College Conference	198	(2)
J Letter from O. Frederick Nolde to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt	200	(1)
K Extract from the Report of the Drafting Committee to the Commission on Human Rights	201	(1)
L Extracts from the Declaration on Religious Liberty	202	(2)
M Extracts from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights	204	(1)
Bibliography	205	(6)
Index	211