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 | Uniting Faith and Justice: a bibliographic essay 21 YEARS OF THE UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA'S SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: 1977 - 1998 Rev. Robert G. Stringer, Secretary for Social Justice 1992-1998[...]duction The twenty years of commitment to social justice by the Uniting Church in Australia is an interest[...]ents where the National Social Responsibility and Justice Agency and its predecessors in the Uniting Church[...]and the actions taken. The focus is on the social justice and human rights work of the national Assembly, b[...]ption, been a church publicly committed to social justice and human rights. In the Basis of Union it states[...]ssembly stated its mandate with respect to social justice: "A Christian responsibility to[...] |
| [...]ic life, the proclamation of truth and justice, the rights for each citizen to participat[...]thers."2 Within this public commitment to social justice the UCA set up committees nationally and in each state to co-ordinate and act for social justice and human rights. A similar public commitm[...] |
| An Intercouncilar Church The social justice witness was never intended to be the exclusive preserve of the Social Responsibility and Justice committees but was seen as permeating all the mis[...]1977 by the Commission for World Mission with its Justice and Human Development Committee guided by the ful[...]Dick Wootton. In recent times concern for social justice has become part of the curriculum of Uniting Educ[...]National Mission and Evangelism Committee. Social justice featured prominently in the mandate of the newly[...]oderators have made numerous statements on social justice. Individual church members have taken acti[...]ssembly committees. This has aided the sharing of justice commitments. Not Without Controversy In the[...]Caledonia, Taiwan, Latin and Central America. The justice support given by the staff of the Uniting Church[...]s that have been built and the commitment made to justice against unjust regimes of the Uniting Church and[...]Dick Wooton was the full time staff person of the Justice and Human Development Committee, Commissio[...] |
| [...]tand the strength of this commitment to prophetic justice it is important to identify some of the main expe[...]l to the church's understanding of solidarity and justice: people must be free to decide; solidarity[...]ment in Montreux where the key issues were social justice, self-reliance and economic growth. For him the emphasis on social justice was the key to qualifying the rate and style of e[...]ng" which meant the development of a new focus on justice whereby grassroots people were trained and organi[...]people are able to organise themselves for social justice cam the oppressed regain their dignity and help secure justice and dignity for all.11 The mission agenci[...] |
| [...]place and wherever demonstrations took place for justice and human rights. Church members were encouraged[...]8115, was co-ordinated by a Uniting Church social justice researcher, the Rev. Stuart Reid. This was another important influence in the social justice development taking place in the churches. You[...]Robert Stringer (then Synod Consultant for Social Justice in the Synod of Western Australia) on the URM Committee of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) the social justice staff of the UCA were able to bring the insights[...]e marginalised into the main stream of the social justice commitment of the Uniting Church. Through[...] |
| [...]lieves that there has been a split between social justice and evangelism within the Uniting Church18, most staff who work for justice would affirm that they are attracted to a Christ[...]Uniting Church because of its deep commitment to justice. In the beginning each synod has employed[...]me staff in the area of social responsibility and justice. The churches at Union did not have any na[...]venor, an unpaid position, of the national social justice committee was Rev Noel Preston, based at that tim[...]important to note because many aspects of social justice were associated with the city missions and commun[...]this area were very outspoken critics and social justice advocates, such as the Rev Allan Walker.22 In the[...]ter, The Uniting Church in Australia and Economic Justice: The Changing Australia Controversy, unpub[...]of Sydney 1990. p. 13 19 Robert Stringer, Social Justice as a form of Evangelism, an unpublished pa[...] |
| [...]rtheid Laws? Sydney, Uniting Church World Mission Justice Fund and the Australian Council of Churche[...] |
| [...]where possible. In the decade after Union, social justice was one of the areas where this ecumenical commit[...]actions. Historically, ecumenical commitment for justice and development had been expressed through the wo[...]on between the Australian Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) and the Uniting Church, particularly in the UCA's commitment to justice for indigenous peoples. This general commitment to social justice emerged in the development of a common day for the celebration of Social Justice Sunday (the last Sunday in September), a day on which the CCJP had traditionally issued their annual social justice statement. Based on this growing shared commitment to social justice and confidence with each others public statements it was decided in 1983 to produce a common social justice statement on economic justice entitled Changing Australia34. This was prepared[...]e ACSR. Changing Australia focused on the social justice changes needed to develop greater justice and equity in Australian society. It advocated a[...]esponsibility Commission, Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, Australian Council of Churches and ACS[...]ter, The Uniting Church in Australia and Economic Justice: The Changing Australia Controversy, unpubl[...] |
| [...]he CCJP was replaced by the Bishops Committee for Justice, Development and Peace. The new body is di[...]p's Conference. Bringing it all Together with Justice In 1986, there was a major restructuring when th[...]. At that time the work of social responsibility, justice and human rights were brought together in the one[...]ew name of the Assembly Social Responsibility and Justice Committee (ASR&JC). The new structure was clearly committed to social justice, using the insights of the solidarity mode[...]nsibility Commission, the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, Australian Council of Churches and the[...]Council of Churches, the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace and The uniting Church in Australia Social Responsibility and Justice Committee, A Just and Proper Settlement, Melbour[...]lities Commission, The Australian Catholic Social justice Council, the ACC Commission on Church and[...] |
| [...]mid-1990s. This commitment to solidarity with and justice for people developed and led to some high profile[...]. Such actions were important in the struggle for justice and led to dialogue with the management of the co[...]lect theologically on the process of doing social justice. This was reflected in the new program ann[...]out in the small study book The Church and Social Justice: A Call to Wholeness48. In Australia's bic[...]in instigator within the Church of the "March for Justice" led by the Rev Charles Harris and other indigeno[...]en ASR&J has continued to work with the UAICC for justice for indigenous peoples along with the Rev John Br[...]er Keith Suter on peace and disarmament, economic justice and uranium were brought to the Assembly in 1985,[...]r study and reflection under the titles: Economic Justice51, Peace and Disarmament52 and Uranium53. In resp[...]ASR&JC, Pacific Issues, 1985 - 1993 45 Justice, Human Development and Peace, Korea Commun[...]. 121 48 Chris Budden, The Church and Social Justice: A Call to Wholeness, Sydney, ASR&JC, 1987[...]ough, Give Us This Day, Our Daily Bread: Economic Justice, Sydney, ACSR, 1986 |
| [...]rch who disagreed with this stand.55 Economic Justice and the development of Policy Principles Buildin[...]nsbrough developed the UCA commitment to economic justice in the book Give us This Day our Daily Bread56 in[...]mary statement was published in 1986 as: Economic Justice-the Equitable Distribution of Genuine Wealth. Thi[...]y principles arising from our basic commitment to justice and the equitable distribution of genuine wealth.[...]ironmental Task Group, 1994 60 ASR&JC, A Call For Justice Concerning Employment, Statement passed by[...] |
| Justice Within the Church In response to the perception[...]mittee asked the Assembly Social Responsibility & Justice Committee (ASR&JC) to carry out a study. Under th[...]on Women and Men. Out of this same commitment to justice within the church and the emerging debate about t[...]in the Church. The National Secretary for Social Justice the Rev Robert Stringer was a member of this comm[...]TG 64 Rev Chris Budden was Secretary for Social Justice, 1986 - 1992 65 Women In the Uniting Churc[...]Church: A Word of Hope, Social Responsibility and Justice Committee, 1990 69 National Churches Worki[...] |
| [...]ir issues to be heard as part of the dialogue for justice within the Church. In his final year in the position of Secretary for Social Justice, Rev Robert Stringer, produced the Musical[...]Rev Chris Budden attended the WCC Convocation on "Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation." Fro[...]he booklet Healing the Earth78 as the 1990 Social Justice Sunday Resource. It has continued to be an important theolo[...] |
| [...]ssure on companies to take these issues of social justice and the environment seriously, the ASR&JC chose t[...]r the environment and human rights. Out of these justice concerns there has been ongoing dialogue with the[...]an ex-moderator of the Synod of Victoria to raise justice concerns about Ok Tedi at the BHP Annual General[...]he Work Place, Assembly Social Responsibility and Justice Committee, 1992 81 Rev. Robert Stringer, T[...] |
| [...]ese changes and the ongoing concern for issues of justice for workers: Sale of Telstra86, Workplace Relatio[...]within the Uniting Church, many aspects of social justice as they affect the delivery of community services[...]They have built upon the ASR&JC paper A Call for Justice Concerning Employment94 and resolutions of the 19[...]urers 1977-1998, National Social Responsibility & Justice Agency, 1999. .html version 94 A Call for Justice Concerning Employment, ASR&JC, 1994 95 Uniting Co[...]member of the National Social Responsibility and Justice staff since April 1993 |
| [...]or Human Rights, the commitment to solidarity and justice pioneered by Dick Wootton was continued. With so[...]partner churches in a more direct way. Social Justice Sunday Social justice is affirmed as a holistic activity and as such mu[...]is through the production of resources for Social Justice Sunday. As already noted this was first pioneered by the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in association with their annual social justice statement. It became a part of our commitment as[...]ect an appropriate Sunday to celebrate the social justice work of the church.105 During the early 19[...] |
| [...]to working together ecumenically. The NCCA-Social Justice Network was formed in 1996. This group took some[...]09 and National Housing Policy: Reform and Social Justice110. A third issue, unemployment, has been more di[...]d under the title: A Covenant for Employment111 Justice Pervades the Uniting Church It has been interesting to observe the way in which social justice has pervaded the total life of the Uniting Church. The commitment to justice can be found in every synod through the appropria[...]rd for Christian Education, has identified social justice as part of the Christian education matrix, Nation[...]in Creation112. National Social Responsibility & Justice113 has worked together with Frontier Services on[...]rating the Environmental Sabbath, 1995 109 Social Justice Network of the National Council of Churches in Au[...]g Inc, National Housing Policy: Reform and Social Justice, Melbourne, Ecumenical Housing Inc., 1997 111 Social Justice Network of the National Council of Churches in Au[...]gelism, 1998 113 National Social Responsibility & Justice is the current name of the agency previously known as the Assembly Social Responsibility & Justice Committee and the Assembly Commission on S[...] |
| [...]lace in the Uniting Church's commitment to social justice over the past twenty-one years. This has not been[...]we have tried to take seriously our commitment to justice, to act with theological reflection not on[...]the membership. Controversy surrounds many social justice issues. There is sufficient anecdotal evidence to[...]church to express the love of Christ and act for justice in solidarity. This has been both a pastoral and[...]arked the Uniting Church as a church committed to justice in the Australian and international context. |
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Uniting Faith & Justice : a biographical essay (2000). UCA Assembly, accessed 22/09/2023, https://ucaassembly.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/152