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Tunytsya, Yu, and M. Gaykovskyy. "Church and social problems." Ukrainian Religious Studies, no. 4 (December 10, 1996): 72. http://dx.doi.org/10.32420/1996.4.80.

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Under such general name on the basis of the Lviv Polytechnic University every two years scientific international conferences take place. In September of this year she was devoted to the problem "Human person and spiritual values". At the conference, 45 scientific reports were heard and discussed. The huge potential of Christianity in the formation, education and spiritualization of the human person and the Ukrainian society was pointed out.
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Mpofu, Sifiso. "THE THEOLOGICAL DILEMMA VIZ-A-VIS THE MORAL OPTIONS FOR RELEVANT AND PRACTICAL MINISTRY TODAY: LESSONS FOR THE ZIMBABWE COUNCIL OF CHURCHES." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 41, no. 1 (August 3, 2015): 67–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/99.

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There are many misconceptions about the role of the church in society. This is because the church is neither a political institution nor a social organisation but a mystery of grace. The church can best be defined or understood in terms of its mission or its work. This article will explore the mission and work of the Christian church; specifically the church in Zimbabwe. One cannot talk about the Christian church without reflecting on Jesus Christ’s mission. The church is the body of Christ, the true representative of the broken body of Jesus Christ. Paradoxically, while church leaders say that they are concerned about the poor, the downtrodden, the oppressed, they seem not to fight against harmful socio- economic and political structures that dehumanise many of God’s creation. The church, as God’s compass to direct humanity for the total good of all creation, should always advocate in favour of peace and social justice. Christian leaders have a moral and social responsibility in their proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ in an environment which is characterised by despondency, uncertainty and fear. This paper identifies moments of prophetic resistance to social evil. It is to be noted that such a prophetic dimension is an enduring reality of the life of an authentic church, despite the complex (and at times compromising) relationship between church and state. This paper proposes possibilities for a new paradigm shift in Christian ministry with a view to toward a rebirth of a socially conscious church within the established platform of Christian ministry.
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Ingwani, Viola, Shamiso Iline Chingombe, Loveness Chindanya, and Sarah Moyo. "Psycho-Social Effects of Teenage Pregnancy in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe." IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences (ISSN 2455-2267) 7, no. 1 (May 10, 2017): 96. http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jmss.v7.n1.p11.

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<div><p><em>This qualitative research design focused on the psychological effects of teenage pregnancy in Masvingo Zimbabwe. In depth interviews were employed for data collection .The sample compromised five school girls with friends who dropped out of school due to teenage pregnancy, five girl child drop outs and three elders knowledgeable in Shona culture. The analysis was concerned with the attitudes of Shona society on teenage pregnancy and dropping out of school; in particular the girls’ family, the girls’ prospective in-laws, her school peers and the church. Findings revealed the trauma that the pregnant girl-child faces. It was noted that she suffers rejection, isolation, shame and low self esteem. Furthermore due to economic hardships the boys responsible for the pregnancy are not economically ready to start a family. Prospective in-laws discourage marriage because they feel that their boy children are not ready for marriage and are being taken advantage of. Recommendations were made that the family and the society should take a more supportive role when faced with pregnant teenagers.</em></p></div>
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Nenge, Richard Tafara. "A Hermeneutical Challenge in the Fight against hiv and aids in the Johane Marange Apostolic Church." Exchange 42, no. 3 (2013): 252–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1572543x-12341274.

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Abstract This paper addresses the unique religious beliefs and practices of a prominent church in Zimbabwe, the Johane Marange Apostolic church. The Johane Marange Apostolic Church resists internationally accepted biomedical practices and social-cultural interventions in the fight against hiv and aids. The church resists these practices and interventions primarily because of its traditional Biblical interpretation. This paper argues that the church’s rejection of biomedicine and its promotion of deleterious marriage practices hamper Zimbabwe’s fight against aids. It advocates for a paradigm shift in the religious beliefs and practices of the Johane Marange Apostolic church including the valuing of girls’ and women’s education as part of the solution to overcome aids.
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Magure, Booker. "The State, Labour and the Politics of Social Dialogue in Zimbabwe 1996-2007: Issues Resolved or Matters Arising?" African and Asian Studies 7, no. 1 (2008): 19–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156921008x279307.

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AbstractDrawing on primary and secondary data, this paper explores the dynamics of the politics involved in the social dialogue process in Zimbabwe; more specifically the utility of the process as a tool to resolve socio-economic problems. The paper further seeks to demonstrate the relationship between failure to reform on the political policy front and economic problems thereby explaining why social dialogue in Zimbabwe fails to yield the intended results. It is the contention of this paper that as long as governance issues are not addressed by the ruling party, the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) will forever remain a "talk shop" and the Zimbabwean economy will not improve. In light of the "politicking" that characterises the social dialogue process in Zimbabwe, the paper came up with possible recommendations for the strengthening and improving of institutions of social dialogue based on the lessons learned from Zimbabwe.
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Mhloyi, M. M. "Identity Formation: Problems and Prospects, The Case of Zimbabwe." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 29, no. 2 (August 1998): 243–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.29.2.243.

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Schansberg, D. Eric. "Social Problems, Public Policy, the Church and the Common Good." Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 28, no. 1 (2016): 42–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jis2016281/23.

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From professional pundits to casual observers, there are deep concerns about the state of American society and profound doubts about its future. Political cynicism is ascendant--and yet, the desire for politicians to “do something” remains. What role can public policy have in addressing the largest social problems and their causes? And beyond public policy, what are the potentially effective means in terms of social institutions, including the Church? Although public policy offers some promise, its usefulness is generally exaggerated. Its costs are typically subtle and often ignored. Knowledge of consequences and tradeoffs is insufficient, and the motives of political agents are less than pure. And many dilemmas, by their nature, cannot be ably addressed by politics and policy. In contrast, a resurgence in civil society--particularly the Church--holds more promise. Even in a time of potential “exile,” the Church is called to pursue the holistic welfare of society and enhance the common good.
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Joubert, Charles E. "Correlates of Baptist Church Membership in the States with Social Problems." Psychological Reports 80, no. 2 (April 1997): 474. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1997.80.2.474.

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In the United States, the states having higher percentages of residents with Baptist Church affiliations tended to have higher homicide, divorce, and illegitimacy rates and lower percentages of high school graduates and voter participation.
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Banda, Collium. "The Interplay between the Christian Sacralization of Human Authority and Political Repression in Zimbabwe." Religion and Theology 16, no. 3-4 (2009): 207–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/102308009x12561890523636.

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AbstractThe reigning scandal in Zimbabwe is the simultaneous growth of Christianity and political repression, begging one to wonder why increased Christian presence has not resulted in social and political transformation. The answer can be found in the Christian sacralization of human authority and the uncritical interpretation of Romans 13:1–5 common in some leading churches. The resulting uncritical submission to repressive authority of the "anointed men of God" and the fear of holding them accountable for their questionable leadership has incapacitated Christians to challenge and address this growing political repression. Furthermore, the Christian leaders who have sacralized their authority have been in the forefront of the legitimization of President Robert Mugabe's repressive rule. Robert Mugabe has been presented as the anointed leader of Zimbabwe who should be submitted to at all costs. To promote democracy and good governance, the church must shift her paradigm to be inclusive of the full counsel of Scripture. By desacralizing human authority the church will empower the Christian community to hold church and political leaders accountable for their abuse of power. This is necessary if the African Renaissance's quest for African human legitimacy is to be realised.
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Serhiyko, Vira. "Problems of development of social doctrine of Catholicism." Ukrainian Religious Studies, no. 10 (April 6, 1999): 58–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.32420/1999.10.841.

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Religious and moral ideas are the basis of those social, political and economic relations, with the apology of which stands for Catholicism.The ethic of social ideas, according to Catholic theorists, makes it possible to better perform the "presence" of the church in all social systems. John Paul II formulates this task in the following way: "Christians must spread the social doctrine that is based on the gospel, which the churches have proclaimed always, but even to a greater extent, over the past hundred years. This doctrine relates above all to moral principles, because without them the so-called social question can never be resolved. "
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Church and social problems – Zimbabwe"

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Ko, Shin Il. "Church growth through social service program." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Jaskilka, Michael Carl. "How to preach on controversial social issues." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Tilleman, Walter Robert. "The role of the church in the community." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Madsen, Craig. "A study of the decline of evangelical social involvement in the 20th century as exemplified in the Salvation Army." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Heille, Gregory. "A paradigm for preaching personal and social transformation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.

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Koster, Roger. "Social evangelism plays an important part in church growth." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Asare-Kusi, Emmanuel K. "The holistic mission of the church in northern Ghana a case study of the Methodist Church Ghana /." 24-page ProQuest preview, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1375508141&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=14&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1220029471&clientId=10355.

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McFarlin, Richard G. "Ministering to the social environment of children." Chicago, Ill : McCormick Theological Seminary, 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Chung, Kwang Duk. "Christian social reform in view of Reinhold Niebuhr's social ethics." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Parris, Cheryl A. E. "Bishop George Barrett's role in the FIGHT-Kodak conflict an examination of Episcopal authority and social justice /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Books on the topic "Church and social problems – Zimbabwe"

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Nyatsanza, Walter. The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops on the land issue, 1959-2002. Harare, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Pub. House, 2002.

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Raftopoulos, Brian. Problems of research in a post-colonial state: The case of Zimbabwe. Harare: Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studies, 1988.

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Religion and social problems. New York: Routledge, 2011.

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Nevile, Mildred. Social concern. London: Catholic Truth Society, 1989.

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Opongo, Elias Omondi. Faith doing justice: A manual for social analysis, Catholic social teachings and social justice. Nairobi (Kenya): Paulines Publications Africa, 2007.

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Lobo, George V. Church and social justice. Anand, Gujarat, India: Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, 1993.

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Pierli, Francesco. Social ministry. 2nd ed. Nairobi, Kenya: Paulines Publications Africa, 2009.

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United Methodist Church (U.S.). Board of Church and Society. Christian social action. [Washington, D.C: General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church, 1988.

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Mungazi, Dickson A. The honoured crusade: Ralph Dodge's theology of liberation and initiative for social change in Zimbabwe. Gweru, Zimbabwe: Mambo Press, 1991.

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Cevallos, Salvador. Doctrina social católica: Compendio sistemático. 3rd ed. Quito: [s.n.], 1991.

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Book chapters on the topic "Church and social problems – Zimbabwe"

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Freeze, Gregory L. "All Power to the Parish? The Problems and Politics of Church Reform in Late Imperial Russia." In Social Identities in Revolutionary Russia, 174–208. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781403919687_9.

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Sibanda, Fortune, and Bernard Pindukai Humbe. "“Prayers That Preyed”." In #MeToo Issues in Religious-Based Institutions and Organizations, 144–69. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9195-5.ch006.

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This chapter was motivated by the manifestations and consequences of patriarchal theology testified through the increase in the number of cases in Zimbabwe involving prophets and church leaders accused of sexually abusing their followers after promising to help them out of their problems. The research focuses on the sexual scandals of the founder and leader of Robert Martin Gumbura (RMG) Independent End Time Message Church, Robert Martin Gumbura, who was sentenced to a 40-year prison term in Zimbabwe for sexually abusing four women from his church. The chapter posits that some churches are no longer safe havens for the weak and defenseless women who fall prey to some unscrupulous church leaders such as Robert Martin Gumbura. By using in-depth interviews and documentary analysis and insights from the historical, sociological, and phenomenological approaches, the study established that Robert Martin Gumbura brainwashed some women congregants and threatened to curse them with prayers that would commit them to the devil if they resisted his nefarious demands.
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Nepstad, Sharon Erickson. "Earth Ethics and American Catholic Environmentalism." In Catholic Social Activism, 146–62. NYU Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479885480.003.0007.

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This chapter notes that American Catholics were initially quite reluctant to embrace environmentalism. It asks, after decades of political engagement with labor, poverty, peace, women’s rights, and immigration, why did US Catholics largely overlook the growing environmental problems in the twentieth century? And what caused this to change in the early twenty-first century? The chapter summarizes early Catholic efforts to promote environmentalism and describes the initial responses of the Catholic Church and its members, who often prioritized human needs over environmental matters. It also describes how the Catholic Church and Catholic laypeople started placing greater emphasis on the environment toward the end of the twentieth century. The chapter then surveys the main themes of various Catholic teachings and publications—from the US Catholic Bishops Conference’s Renewing the Earth (1991) to Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si (2015)—that have given impetus to more Catholic environmental action. The chapter concludes with a description of the work of two activist groups: the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, an ecumenical organization, and Catholic Climate Change.
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Zinyama, Tawanda. "Critical Examination of the Implications of Youth Unemployment in Zimbabwe." In Participation of Young People in Governance Processes in Africa, 148–75. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9388-1.ch008.

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The chapter examines youth unemployment and its dimensions and characteristics in relation to overall unemployment. Youth unemployment has become increasingly recognized as one of the more serious social problems confronting Africa. There are many reasons why the government of Zimbabwe and society feel increasingly concerned about this problem. At the human level, failure to secure satisfactory employment upon completion of schooling and training can cause intense frustration, despair and alienation. It may also be associated with such social ills as drunkenness, drug-taking, violence, robbery and prostitution. From a material point of view, youth unemployment represents a tragic waste of skills and talents, resulting in lower production, increase in dependency burden on the rest of the society, and in the longer run, a gradual deterioration in the quality of national human resources. The potential consequences of high levels of youth unemployment at personal, social and national levels are thus serious and warrant sustained efforts to find solutions to these problems.
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Folieva, Tatyana. "The Second Vatican Council and the Social Doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church through the Eyes of Soviet Religious Studies Experts." In “Science of Religion”, “Scientific Atheism”, “Religious Studies”: Actual Problems of the Academic Study of Religion in Russia in XX – the beginning of XXI Century, 125–36. Saint Tikhon's Orthodox University, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.15382/09286.125-136.

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Blankenship, Anne M. "Epilogue." In Christianity, Social Justice, and the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II. University of North Carolina Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469629209.003.0007.

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The Japanese problem compel[led] the church to face other minority problems. —Executive Secretary Mark Dawber, Home Missions Council of North America Christian efforts to confront the incarceration of Japanese Americans revealed shifting attitudes about diversity within American Christianity, the role of race in America, and the limits to which religious institutions will comply with unjust government policy. Progressive Christian leaders addressed systematic and personal discrimination that rent the United States. Only Quakers and a few individuals actively opposed the incarceration from its inception. Joined by Roman Catholics and mainline Protestants, who eventually lobbied for its end, they organized campaigns to alleviate the crisis, educate white parishioners, and minister to incarcerated Christians. Japanese Americans responded to the incarceration and the mixed responses of churches by forming new theologies and negotiating compliance with directives made on their behalf....
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Mehta, Samira K. "Family Planning Is a Christian Duty." In Devotions and Desires. University of North Carolina Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469636269.003.0009.

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Throughout the 1960s, the Protestant mainline developed a theology of “responsible parenthood,” grounded in scripture and Christian thought that turned the use of contraception within marriage into a site of Christian moral agency. Responsible parenthood language offered religious responses to scientific advances and scientifically articulated social problems like population explosion. Protestant clergy, nationally and locally, deployed it to encourage birth control among married couples. These leaders were often members of what is called “mainline” Protestantism, encompassing such moderate, non-evangelical denominations such as the United Methodist Church, the United Church of Christ, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the American Baptist Church, and the Episcopal Church. They eschewed fundamentalism and valued ecumenical cooperation, particularly among liberal white Protestants, building alliances through groups such as the National Council of Churches (NCC). While the number of mainline Protestants has declined since the middle of the twentieth century, in the 1960s mainline Protestants constituted a prominent voice in public conversations. Their influence was so great that much of what historians tend to see as secular was actually deeply inflected with liberal Protestant values.
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Compton, John W. "The Brief Reign of Whirl." In The End of Empathy, 43–60. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190069186.003.0003.

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This chapter examines how Protestant elites responded to the political and cultural turmoil of the 1920s. It argues that while the failure of prohibition and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan shattered Protestantism’s sense of unity, the mainline churches nonetheless emerged from the decade with their core ideals and institutions intact. The 1920s also witnessed the birth of several new ecumenical initiatives, including an extensive network of state and local church councils, that worked to direct believers’ energies toward urgent social problems. The church councils, in particular, would later play an important role in building support for New Deal-era economic programs and postwar civil rights reforms.
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Newman, Mark. "Introduction." In Desegregating Dixie, 3–18. University Press of Mississippi, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496818867.003.0001.

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As an institution, the Catholic Church in the South did not challenge prevailing race relations in the United States until the second half of the twentieth century. The southern Catholic Church participated in slavery and defended the practice while urging masters to manage their slaves with compassion. When the South adopted segregation laws in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, southern prelates began establishing churches and schools for African Americans. Although the Vatican permitted these racially separate institutions, in the 1930s it exerted growing pressure on the southern Catholic hierarchy to address racial discrimination and foster black evangelism. The papacy also endorsed the doctrine of the Mystical Body of Christ, which heavily influenced American Catholic advocates of racial equality, including some active in the Catholic Committee of the South that focused on the region’s economic, social and political problems.
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Fernández, Johanna. "A Second Occupation." In The Young Lords, 305–34. University of North Carolina Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469653440.003.0011.

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In Fall 1970, the Young Lords again occupied the FSUMC church, in response to the shocking death of one of their own, Julio Roldan, who after a false arrest was found hanged in the Tombs, NYC’s notorious detention center. The occupation happened against the backdrop of a prisoner uprising in the Tombs, a precursor to the Attica Rebellion. At the occupied church, the Young Lords mounted a precursor to contemporary movements against mass incarceration and for abolition. They launched a legal defense center to aid poor Black and Latino prisoners; challenged the politics of bail; denounced state repression of the left; the politics of law and order, and the hyper imprisonment of people of color. They identified structural violence, poverty, and racism as root causes of social problems and supported the redistribution of resources and wealth through the revolutionary overthrown of capitalism. The group’s radical actions led to the first official investigation of the death of a single prisoner, Julio Roldan. Roldan’s arrest and arraignment offered a window into the botched legal process that, beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s, exponentially increased the arrest and jailing of people of color living in urban centers.
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Conference papers on the topic "Church and social problems – Zimbabwe"

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Rudykh, L., N. Kaygorodova, and S. Arshinov. "Specifics of Interaction between the Media and the Russian Orthodox Church." In Proceedings of the Internation Conference on "Humanities and Social Sciences: Novations, Problems, Prospects" (HSSNPP 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/hssnpp-19.2019.119.

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