RELIGIOUS
MATTERS (RM)
(2.8
linear feet;
A primary
category containing information pertaining to religions and religious matters.
Subject
categories and sub-categories fully available for research are bolded. Closed categories and sub-categories
have a simple phrase describing their contents.
DESCRIPTION
OF SECONDARY FILE CODES
File
Code Description
RM Religious Matters
(0.8 ft;
A
secondary subject category containing material pertaining to the separation of
church and state; the Church Audit Procedure Act of 1983; the National Sanctity
of Human Life Day (1984); the issue of a White House chapel and chaplain for
the President; the IRS policy toward church schools; the possible surveillance
of churches; and to religious responses to the Administration's policy in
Central America and regarding abortion.
RM010 Bibles (two folders;
A
subject category containing material pertaining to the Presidential
Proclamation that 1983 would be the "Year of the Bible"; particular passages from the scriptures; the
oath of office; and to Bible study groups.
(There is additional material regarding the "Year of the
Bible" in the WHORM: Alpha File).
RM020 Prayers - Prayer Periods
(1.4 ft;
A subject category containing material pertaining to the
proposed School Prayer Amendments; National School Prayer Day; National Prayer
Breakfast; the Equal Access Act; and the President being remembered in
individual prayers or masses.
RM030 Religions (two folders;
A
subject category containing material pertaining to Norman Lear's organization,
People for the American Way and to religions which are not categorized in a
separate secondary category.
RM031 Catholic (0.2 ft;
A
subject category containing material pertaining to pastoral letters from
American Bishops; Cardinal Cooke of New York; and the President's speech before
the Catholic Golden Age Society (1984).
RM032 Jewish (three folders;
A subject category containing material pertaining to
meetings with Jewish groups and leaders, particularly Aguduth
RM033 Protestant Groups (one
folder;
A subject category containing material pertaining to
scheduling requests and letters of support.
RM033-01 Adventist Bodies
(one folder;
Empty folder.
RM033-02 Baptist Bodies
(one folder;
A
subject category containing material pertaining to accreditation for Christian
schools in
RM033-03 Eastern Orthodox
Churches (one folder;
A
subject category containing material pertaining to the Orthodox Church in
America and the demolition of a Greek Orthodox Church in Turkey.
RM033-04 Episcopalian
(one folder;
A subject category containing material pertaining to the
Fifty-sixth Episcopate Congress and sending books to
RM033-05 Friends (one
folder;
Empty folder.
RM033-06 Jehovah's
Witnesses (one folder;
Empty folder.
RM033-07 Latter Day
Saints (Mormons) (one folder;
A subject category containing material pertaining to the
religious rights of Mormon fundamentalists and correspondence with Ezra Taft
Benson.
RM033-08 Lutheran Bodies
(one folder;
A subject category containing material pertaining to the
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in
RM033-09 Mennonites
(one folder;
Empty folder.
RM033-10 Methodist Bodies
(one folder;
A subject category containing material pertaining to the
Rural Crisis Statement of the Council of Bishops and correspondence with the
Rev. Glenn Martin.
RM033-11 Presbyterian
Bodies (one folder;
A
subject category containing material pertaining to the 199th General Assembly
of Presbyterian Churches (USA); the split between conservative and liberal
Presbyterians; and poverty in North Carolina.
RM033-99 Other Protestant
Bodies - NEC (one folder;
A
subject category containing material pertaining to the Hollywood Beverly
Christian Church; the International Council of Christian Churches; the Reformed
Church in America; and the Disciples of Christ.
RM039 Other Religions - NEC (one
folder;
A
subject category containing material pertaining to the Islamic, Buddhist, and
Hindu faiths; the Maranatha Campus Ministries; the Church of Scientology; and
to a speech Rep. Moynihan delivered regarding Northern Ireland to the American
Irish Historical Society (1986).