{"value"=>"<p>Sermons preached by Donald Harrington, 1939-1982. Each folder contains handwritten copy and typed copy of scripts, notes used in preparation of writing and the church service bulletin. Sermons do not follow the common lectionary.</p> <p>Sermons from 1939-1949 have the following topics: fear, revolution, Hitler, prayer, poisonous gas, democracy, children, war, the Bible, marriage, R. Tagore, materialism, science and religion, India, Europe and Russia, Japan, free enterprise, education, nuclear bombs, socialized medicine, the Soviet Union, FDR memorial, social security, atomic age, labor unions and pacifists.</p> <p>Sermons from 1950-1959 have the following topics: economic crisis, Israel, China, prayer, money, motherhood, race relations, Passover, changing sex roles, bombs, salvation, Soviet Union, <span class=\"title\">The Seven Story Mountain</span>, sin, Eisenhower, the Cold War, the United Nations, taoism, welfare state, alcholism, Buddism, communists, Korea, mental health, Eastern religion, science and religion, creation, truth, Bible, raditation, peace, marriage, freedom, racial integration, India, the Dead Sea Scrolls, forgiveness, Suez crisis, liberals, Pope Pius XII, American Indians, and Soviet/American relations.</p> <p>Sermons from 1960-1969 include the following topics: New York State Constitutional Convention, seperation of church and state, hippies, Martin Luther King Jr. memorial service, Israel, Robert F. Kennedy, god vs. evil, the Cold War, Black Power, love and marriage, The Great Society, judgement and forgiveness, sex, urbanization, freedom and responsibility, abortion, the John Birch Society, Parents Without Partners, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bob Dylan and Folk Music, the Cuban Crisis, Tagore, Berlin Crisis, science and religion, Wm. Shakespere, moral dilemas, American Jews, being born again, Vatican Council, prayer, salvation, Red China and the United Nations, faith vs. belief, Channukah, peace, Albert Schweitzer, Buddism.</p> <p>Sermons from 1970-1979 deal with the following topics: friendship, letter writing, democracy, sin, racial integration, American Indians, Japan, China, Korea, Israel, women's liberation, World Peace, United Nations support, elections, Vietnam, homosexuality, good vs. evil, President Nixon and Watergate, President Nixon and detente, God within, racism, saving New York City, meditation, the world economy, religion and science, freedom and morality, death, South Africa, Bible, Black Spirituality, trade unions, Black History, American Indians, Rev. Jim Jones, World Peace.</p> <p>Sermons from 1980-1984 topics include: liberal religion, Olympics, born again, American Indian, prayer, Moral Crisis, Blacks and other minorities, freedom, peace, Black achievement, election, resurrection, nuclear holocaust, Church vs. State, Central America.</p>"}