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United Lutheran Church in America

Introduction
Forward to Social Statements of the United Lutheran Church in America 1918–1962 by Rufus Cornelsen (no date)

Christian Social Responsibility
Christian Social Responsibility (1924, 1922, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1956, 1958)
Citizenship (1922)
Crime (1932)
Franchise (1952)
Human Relations (1922, 1936, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1958

Church and State
Church and State (1924, 1961)
Cooperation (1948)
Parochial Schools (1950)
Under Totalitarian Rule (1934)
Vatican Relations (1940)

Economic Affairs
After World War I (1922)
During the Great Depression (1932)
After World War II (1946)

International Affairs
The Church and a World at War (1942)
Conscientious Objection (1940, 1944, 1946)
Economic Aid and Cooperation (1946, 1952)
Keeping the Peace (1922, 1924, 1930, 1936, 1952)
Peace and the Communist Threat (1948)
The Problem of Nuclear Weapons (1960)
Shaping the Peace (After World War II) (1944, 1946)
Unversal Military Training (1944, 1952)
World Order (1950)

Leisure and Entertainment
Creative Use of Leisure (1934)
Gambling (1936, 1956)
Indecent Literature (1936)
Leisure and Entertainment (1940)
Motion Pictures (1924, 1932, 1934, 1936)

Marriage and Family Life
Social Changes and the Family (1922)
Religion and the Family (1928)
Marriage, Family and Divorce (1930, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1956)

Temperance
Prohibition (1920, 1922)
Alcohol Education (1936, 1948)

Please note
The document(s) on this page were voted on by a church body which preceded the founding of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Any such statement has the status of a "historical document." These documents may guide the ELCA and inform the work of the Office of the Presiding Bishop and act as policy when sufficient agreement exists and the ELCA has not adopted another statement on the same subject. However, social statements of predecessor church bodies to not constitute ELCA policy, as they have not been voted on by a Churchwide Assembly. When quoting or referring to these documents, please take care to make the non-binding nature of this relationship clear.

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