Recollections: The Controversy Surrounding Brazilian Media Accusations of Presbyterian Mission Involvement in Genocide in 1967

Frank Arnold recalls the 1967 experience of the Brazil Presbyterian Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS), which was accused by Brazilian newspapers of involvement with genocide through mass sterilization. Citing the newspapers themselves along with letters from the missiona...

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Main Author: Arnold, Frank (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2009
In: The journal of Presbyterian history
Year: 2009, Volume: 87, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-26
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Summary:Frank Arnold recalls the 1967 experience of the Brazil Presbyterian Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS), which was accused by Brazilian newspapers of involvement with genocide through mass sterilization. Citing the newspapers themselves along with letters from the missionaries, Arnold presents the mission's perspective on the family planning services it provided to communities in its medical clinics in Northeast Brazil.
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