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This November 1975 edition centers on the Christian message as near and actionable, emphasizing life, good, community, and choosing toward diversity rather than sameness. It addresses misunderstandings that lead to conflict, slavery, and historical violence, then frames a new “Open Up” series inviting openness to God’s spaciousness and interdependence.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":45,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/religion-spirituality/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/concern-november-1975/326530/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/concern-november-1975/326530.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Finn","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-14","2026-09-21",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":44},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What does the issue say about the message being “very near” to people?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"It emphasizes that the word is in the mouth and in the heart, so people can do it now rather than treating it as something distant or unreachable.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"Why does the editorial connect Christian practice with diversity and interdependence?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"It argues that God makes room for diversity, including religious diversity, and that Christians have often failed by confusing gospel mandates with forcing others into sameness.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What is the purpose of the “Open Up” series mentioned in this issue?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The series invites readers to open themselves to God’s openness and to consider how to live out love, justice, mercy, and community without denying given human differences.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},326530,1790388920,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":44,"category_name":45,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":44,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145},34359740700684,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/1f400023980c374ae676?_k=1777273430885731487","CONCERN  \nof Diversityand Interdependence  \nCONCERN is published monthly,September throughApril,bimonthly May through August,at 475 RiversideDrive,New York,N.Y.,by United Presbyterian Women,United Presbyterian Church,U.S.A.Printed in the U.S.A.Second-class postage paid at New York,N.Y.and atadditional mailing offices.  \nPostmaster:Please send Form 3579 to CONCERN,Room 454,475 Riverside Drive,New York,N.Y.10027.Editor:Sarah CunninghamAssociate Editor:Ann YearginArt and Design:Paul E.Nonnast  \nContributors:Virginia Stieb-Hales,Gladys StrachanSubscription Manager:Agnes(Mrs.Carroll B.)Fitch  \n2 CONCERN·November 1975  \nThe message is old,very old. But it is plain,not \"far off. It is not in heaven that you should say,'Who will go up for us to heaven and bring it to us,that we may hear it and do it.' Neither is it beyond the sea,that one should say,'Who will go over the sea for us,and bring it to us,that we may hear it and do it.'But the word is very near you;it is in your mouth and in your heart,so that you can do it.I have set before you this day lifeand good,death and evil... therefore choose....\"(Deut.   \n30:11ff.)  \nWhich brings us back to Jesus.He came to dwell among us,notso much to bring us a new mes-sage but to manifest,to live out,the message in a new way.Being the Word that was in thebeginning with God—the Wordheard from the very beginning ofhuman consciousness,he was the  \nMichael Novak,a Roman Cath-olic theologian,makes an inter-esting statement in his book,ATheology for Radical Politics(Herder &Herder,1969).\"Whatdoes it mean to be a Christian?\"he asks.\"As a theological theme,that question seems to be dimin-ishing in importance.\"  \n\"What does it mean to be ahuman being?\"he continues.\"That question grows in theolog-ical importance.\"  \nWhy should not the questionof what it means to be human bethe growing question?Was notthis the question that Jesus ad-dressed?Christian was the namegiven a state of humanness—andgrace—experienced by his fol-lowers.Jesus did not coin theterm.His concern was that we bewhat a human being is called ofGod to be.And what is that?  \nthe  \nthread  \nWord made flesh in the fullnessof time;he is the Word madePresence,God with us,even now.Thus,provision was made in thehuman condition for us to loverather than hate,to choose good,rather than evil,to choose life,rather than destruction of our-selves or those who differ fromus,to choose community,ratherthan enmity.Our problem asChristians may be in confusingall this potential for life withconversion to sameness.  \nThis month,we begin a Con- cern“Open Up”series,inviting us to open ourselves to God'sopenness.God seems to make room for a great deal of diversityin this world,even religious di- versity.The question is,can we?  \n In the past,for instance,Chris- tians have been guilty of the same sin as others in not under- standing God's love of and pro-vision for diversity.Since New Testament times,Christians have confused\"preaching,\"\"baptis-ing,\"those marvelous mandates of the gospel,with \"making everyone else over in our im-age,\"even if that meant holywars and depriving others oftheir freedom,even their life.We also misconstrued differenceas license for slavery.(Dr.Du Bois has much to say onthe Western,particularly Chris-tian,misunderstanding of\"differ- ence”in his book on Africa,listed on page 23.)And even as   \nN.Y.10027.  \nOpinions expressed by individual authors are notnecessarily those of the publishers.Subscription rates:1 year $5,2 years $8,3 years $10,(overseas add $1per year);single copy .75.Bulk rate for 20 or moresubscriptions to one U.S.address:$3 each per year.Payment must accompany order.Send cash at yourown risk.Allow six to eight weeks for new subscrip-tion or change of address to become effective.Withrenewal and change of address please include the ad-dress label from your most recent CONCERN.Addressall subscription and editorial correspondence to:CONCERN,Room 454,475 Riverside Drive,New York,  \nlate as the twentieth century,agroup of civiliz","cbCaift5UImWBJ0l","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaift5UImWBJ0l","pdf",10402302,33,"English","# Editorial\n## A message near to you\n## An \"Open Up\" series on diversity\n## Understanding what it means to be human\n## The practice has existed among us","[{\"question\":\"What does the issue say about the message being “very near” to people?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes that the word is in the mouth and in the heart, so people can do it now rather than treating it as something distant or unreachable.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the editorial connect Christian practice with diversity and interdependence?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that God makes room for diversity, including religious diversity, and that Christians have often failed by confusing gospel mandates with forcing others into sameness.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the “Open Up” series mentioned in this issue?\",\"answer\":\"The series invites readers to open themselves to God’s openness and to consider how to live out love, justice, mercy, and community without denying given human differences.\"}]","CONCERN - November 1975 | PDF",1789974487,83]