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Collection Overview
Title: Center for Public Justice [US] and Committee for Justice and Liberty Foundation [Canada] Collection, 1965-1987
ID: COLL/210
Extent: 2.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Folder level description
Abstract
Center for Public Justice and Committee for Justice and Liberty Foundation are organizations dedicated to propagating biblical principles in Christian communal action in society, especially in the political sphere. The collection includes materials from Christian Action Foundation (CAF), National Association for Christian Political Action (NACPA), Justice for All, Citizens for Public Justice, Committee for Justice and Liberty, and Center for Public Justice in the form of constitutions, addresses, correspondence, proposals, and newsletters.
Collection Historical Note
CPJ (1977-Present)
The Center for Public Justice (CPJ) developed out of the Association for Public Justice (APJ) and the APJ Education Fund with a purpose to serve God, advance justice and transform public life. The organization first started with people in Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan, but in the 1980s, the organization grew and opened a Washington D.C. office. In the 1990s, CPJ spreads internationally, with the Center’s president, James Skillen, visiting with European officials and the Center co-hosting the international conference at Emory University. In 2007, CPJ even began to publish its own periodical called Root & Branch. In 2009 president, Skillen retired and Dr. Gideon Strauss became CPJ’s new president.
CPL (1962-Present)
The CPL started with a small group of Christians in Alberta, Canada first starting the Christian Action Foundation in 1962. In 1971, the Christian Action Foundation and Committee for Justice and Liberty (CPL) of Ontario merged under the name of CPL. In the 1970s, the CJL became more nationally involved, holding political conventions and appearing before the National Energy Board. Throughout the decades, the CPL approached many different topics such as abortion, refugees and immigration, child poverty, and environmental issues.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Series 1
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Christian Action Foundation Constitution --- 1969
- Folder 2: Christian Action Foundation Newsletters --- 1969
- Folder 3: Statement on Selective Conscientious Objection, by Bernard Zylstra --- [1969?]
- Folder 4: Back-up documents --- 1965-1967
- Folder 5: National Association for Christian Political Action Constitution --- undated
- Folder 6: National Association for Christian Political Action correspondence and clippings --- 1968-1976
- Folder 7: National Association for Christian Political Action Conference Addresses --- 1970-1971
- Folder 8: National Association for Christian Political Action Newsletter-The NACPA Politikon, vol 1 no 1 Feb 1971-vol 4 no 6 March/April 1975 [HERH JA3 .P64]
- Folder 9: The Kuyper Lecture, by James W. Skillen --- undated
- Folder 10: The Second International Christian Political Conference Speakers' Manual --- 1978
- Folder 11: Justice for All: The Basis and Vision of the Association for Public Justice --- undated
- Folder 12: Justice for Representation: A Proposal for Revitalizing our System of Political Participation --- 1979
- Folder 13: Committee for Justice and Liberty - Newsletter --- April 1972-Winter 1978
- Folder 14: Committee for Justice and Liberty - Progress Report --- Nov 1979-June 1982
- Folder 15: Committee for Justice and Liberty Correspondence --- 1978, 1982, 1986, 1987
- Folder 16: Citizens for Public Justice survey --- undated
- Folder 17: CJL "Towards Justice and Liberty;" annual meeting --- March1976; 1978
- Folder 18: Do Christians have a political future? by Bernard Zylstra; Economic Life: A Confession, by Bob Goudzwaard --- undated
- Folder 19: CJL, NACPA, APJ - miscellaneous periodicals --- 1972-1981
- Box 2
- Folder 1
- Item 1: Christian Action Foundation: Paper: "Freedom to Work"
- Item 2: Christian Action Foundation: Paper: "Save Our Sunday"
- Item 3: Christian Action Foundation: Paper: "Marriage and Divorce"
- Item 4: Christian Action Foundation: Paper: "Calvinism and the Contemporary Crisis in the Church" by B. J. Haan
- Folder 2
- Item 1: Christian Action Foundation, address: "Christian Action and Sphere Sovereignty" by John C. Vander Stelt --- 1970
- Item 2: Christian Action Foundation, address: "Christian Action --- 1970
- Item 3: Christian Action Foundation, address: "Let My People Go" by E. L. Heben Taylor --- 1970
- Item 4: Christian Action Foundation, address: "Pro Rege" by John B. Hulst --- 1970
- Item 5: Christian Action Foundation, address: "Christian Action and the Church" by Bernard J. Haan --- 1970
- Folder 3
- Item 1: National Association for Christian Political Action (NACPA), address:"The Crisis in American Politics" by Paul Schrotenboer --- 1970
- Item 2: National Association for Christian Political Action (NACPA), address:"Christ's Coronation in Politics: The Vision" by John Van Dyk --- 1970
- Folder 4
- Item 1: NACPA: Address: "The Foolishness of a Christian Political Movement: does it make sense? From a Practical Point of View" by John Van Dyk --- 1971
- Item 2: NACPA: Address: "The Foolishness of a Christian Political Movement: Does it make sense? From a Principle Point of View" by Gordon Spykman --- 1971
- Item 3: NACPA: Address: "The Conflict of Spirits in America: Its Spiritual and Political Implications" by Rockne McCarthy --- 1971
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