Religion: Words & Works

Washington, D.C. was host last week to two major religious conferences:

¶ The Foundation for Religious Action in the Social and Civil Order, a newly formed interfaith group of clergy and laymen, held its first national conference, announced “two. paramount aims: 1) To stress religious truth in the preservation and development of genuine democracy; 2) To unite all believers in God in the struggle between the free world and atheistic Communism.”

¶ The National Conference of Christians and Jews, holding its 26th annual meeting, submitted a 39-page report to President Eisenhower on the “spiritual resources for brotherhood” in the U.S., ranging from its Judaeo-Christian heritage to the Supreme Court ruling on desegregation. Eisenhower told the group: “Without a concept of the dignity of man founded on religious faith, we are sunk.”