LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Synod debate on Church of England nuclear weapons report

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Feb 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:26

Description

Report on the General Synod debate on the Church of England report, The Church and the Bomb, including the Synod’s rejection of the working party’s unilateral disarmament findings and the alternative first strike amendment proposed by the Bishop of Birmingham, Hugh Montefiore. Includes excerpt of Montefiore speech. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Hugh Montefiore

Keywords

Reports; Birmingham; Church; Church of England; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear disarmament; Unilateral disarmament; General Synod; Bishops; Church and State; The Church and the Bomb

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