America 1950-1959: Religion Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1950-1959.

America 1950-1959: Religion Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1950-1959.
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1891-1963
Methodist Bishop of Washington D.C.

Ecumenical Leader.

G. Bromley Oxnam, Methodist bishop of Washington, D.C., was one of the six founding presidents of the World Council of Churches. He served as president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America and was the presiding officer at the founding meeting of the National Council of Churches in 1950.

Opposed to Catholic Church.

He was an opponent of many policies of the Roman Catholic church and clashed with Francis Cardinal Spellman over international affairs, questions of public aid to parochial education, and the appointing of an American ambassador to the Vatican. In 1948 he helped found Protestants and Others Organized for the Separation of Church and State, an organization that attempted to limit the influence of the Roman Catholic church in American politics.

Liberalism.

An active liberal, he abolished the ROTC and military training...

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