PASTORAL CARE NETWORK FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Pastoral Care Network for Social Responsibility records, 1983-1990

Restrictions on Access

Collection stored off-site. Researchers must contact the Pitts Theology Library in advance to access this collection.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.

Related Materials in This Repository

American Association of Pastoral Counselors Records, RG 010; Association for Clinical Pastoral Education Records, RG 001; Howard Clinebell Papers, MSS 254.

Citation

[after identification of item(s)], Pastoral Care Network for Social Responsibility Records, Archives and Manuscript Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.

Processing

Processed by Aimee Morgan and Craig Clark, 2006.

Biographical Note

The Pastoral Care Network for Social Responsibility (PCNSR) had its roots in a caucus convened by Howard J. Clinebell at the annual convention of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors in April 1983. About 50 people met to share concerns about the threat of nuclear war and the relationship between that threat and the emotional and spiritual health of people. An organization called Pastoral Counselors for Social Responsibility was formed, with Clinebell serving as chair. Its goals were to raise awareness of the nuclear threat among pastoral counselors and to develop a network of support through which individuals could actively pursue peace.

In 1984, the Steering Committee of PCSR sought to broaden this network to include members of other pastoral care and counseling organizations. The College of Chaplains had held programs on the nuclear threat at its 1982 and 1983 conventions, and the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education was forming a Task Force on Social Issues. In November 1984 representatives from these and other organizations met in Chicago to form the Pastoral Care Network for Social Responsibility. By 1986, PCNSR included members from the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, the College of Chaplains, the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, the American Protestant Correctional Chaplains Association, the Association for Mental Health Clergy, the Canadian Association for Pastoral Education, the National Association of Catholic Chaplains, and the Religion Division of the American Association for Mental Deficiency.

In 1987, PCNSR became part of the International Pastoral Care Network for Social Responsibility (IPCNSR), which was formed at a pastoral counseling conference in Melbourne, Australia.

Scope and Content Note

The records of the Pastoral Care Network for Social Responsibility reflect the history of the organization from its founding as Pastoral Counselors for Social Responsibility through the founding of the International Pastoral Care Network for Social Responsibility. Included are meeting agendas and minutes, newsletters, correspondence, membership directories, and financial documents. Several folders contain documents on the founding of the IPCNR and on an international conference held in Prague in 1989.

Arrangement Note

Organized alphabetically by folder title.