Voices of Faith at Work in the World

About this Collection

The historical religion programs in this collection came from the archives, library shelves, and back rooms of many organizations. Faith groups represented include African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, and others. The majority, 1,031 recordings, are from United Methodist national agencies, annual conferences, seminaries, and other sources.

This SoundTheology online archive is an independent service of Audio-Rescue.com, provided in conjunction with the United Methodist General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH). Many of these programs would have been lost forever if not saved in this project. The originating institutions have made the recordings available for public access to further private study, scholarship, and research. They retain the rights to the recordings.
 

This audio collection has been chosen for inclusion in the Library of Congress Radio Preservation Task Force Sound Collection Database.

Randomly-chosen Program From This Collection:

The Iliff Forum Presents Dr. Ruth Underhill

Speaker(s): Ruth Underhill, introduced by Harvey Potthoff

Description: Dr. Ruth Murray Underhill (1883–1984) was a pioneering American anthropologist and author widely celebrated for her immersive ethnographic studies of Native American cultures, particularly the Tohono O'odham (Papago) people of the Southwest. Here, she speaks mostly about the practices and beliefs of the Papago. Trained at Columbia University under legendary figures like Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict, she became one of the first female anthropologists to achieve widespread distinction in a heavily male-dominated field. At an Iliff Open Forum, she is introduced by Professor Harvey Potthoff, and speaks to students.

Length: 59:51
Recording Date: May 11, 1977
Recorded at: Iliff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado