Voices of Faith at Work in the World

About this Collection

The historical religion programs in this collection came from the archives, library shelves, and back rooms of many organizations. Faith groups represented include African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, and others.

This SoundTheology online archive is an independent service of Audio-Rescue.com, provided in conjunction with the United Methodist General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH). Many of these programs would have been lost forever if not saved in this project. The originating institutions have made the recordings available for public access to further private study, scholarship, and research. They retain the rights to the recordings.

This audio collection has been chosen for inclusion in the Library of Congress Radio Preservation Task Force Sound Collection Database.

Randomly-chosen Program From This Collection:

Description: Dr. Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) was a Protestant theologian best known for his study of the task of relating the Christian faith to the reality of modern politics and diplomacy. He is a crucial contributor to modern Just War thinking. Here, he asks the questions, "What Does Life Mean?" and "What Does History Mean"? The first 1:30 (the introduction) was recorded at a low level. For a few minutes toward the end of the tape there is a repetitive squeaking noise that is on the original recording. The recording ends at 54:08, which is where the tape ran out.

Length: 54:08
Recording Date: 3/4/1958
Recorded at: Drew Seminary, Madison, New Jersey