Publications

WSCF has a history of publishing which spans more than a century. The WSCF archives contain records from 1895 up to the present and are held in two major collections.

The first set is held by the Yale Divinity School Library in USA and includes records from the period 1895 to 1925. This corresponds to the period when the Federation's first General Secretary John R. Mott was based in New York. The second set of archives is held by the World Council of Churches Library at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva and contains records from 1895 up till the present day.

Some historic publications are still available for purchase from the WSCF Inter-Regional Office and others are available for reference from the WSCF archives in Geneva or at the Yale Divinity School Library. Some of the titles available include Venite Adoremus II (1961) and Cantate Domino (1957).

Below are some of the WSCF's publications from 1925 onwards.

Historic Publications	Availability and Price
Cantate Domino Ed S. Bidgrain WSCF, Geneva, 1925	Out of stock
Venite Adoremus WSCF, Geneva, 1935	Out of stock
Cantate Domino Ed S. Bidgrain WSCF, Geneva, 1947	Out of stock
Venite Adoremus I (2nd edition) WSCF, Geneva,1951	30 copies CHFr 50.00
Cantate Domino WSCF, Geneva, 1957	20 copies CHFr 20.00
Venite Adoremus II: Prayers and Services for Students WSCF, Geneva 1961	16 copies CHFr 50.00
Cantate Domino WSCF, Geneva, 1963	Out of stock
Venite Exultemus (Spanish edition of Venite Adoremus) WSCF, Geneva, 1964	Out of stock
A New Look at Christianity in Africa WSCF Book Series Vol. II, No. 2 WSCF, Geneva, 1972	30 copies CHFr 15.00
Essays on the New Testament: A materialist approach S. Rostagno, WSCF Book No. 1 WSCF, Geneva	Out of stock
A challenge to Constantinianism A. Molnar, WSCF Book No. 2 WSCF, Geneva	Out of stock
Christians and Revolutions: A breakthrough in Christian thought M. Opencensky, WSCF Book No. 3 WSCF, Geneva, 1977	Out of stock
WSCF Book No. 4 WSCF, Geneva	Out of stock
Education for Liberation Ed Y. Hajjar et al, WSCF Book Series No. 5 WSCF, Geneva, 1981	60 copies CHFr 15.00
... And Yet Happy The Beatitudes Revisited Ed E.Campi, WSCF Book Series No. 6 WSCF, Geneva, 1981	50 copies CHFr 15.00
The Sacrifice of the Innocent: Themes on Christian Participation in the Philippine Struggle F. Cariño, WSCF A-P Book No. 11 WSCF A-P, Hong Kong 1984	10 copies CHFr 15.00
A Community of Memory and Hope History Series Book 1 WSCF, Geneva, 1992	100 copies CHFr10.00
50 Years of History 1895-1945 S. de Dietrich, History Book Series 2 WSCF Geneva, 1993	100 copies CHFr10.00
Memoirs and Diaries 1895-1990 Ed E. Adler, History Book Series 3 & 4 WSCF, Geneva, 1994	200 copies CHFr10.00
Bible and Theology in the Federation: A Report Ed T. Wieser, History Book Series 5 WSCF, Geneva, 1995	400 copies CHFr10.00
Towards a Women's History in the WSCF Ed C. Balan-Sycip, History Book Series 6 WSCF, Geneva, 1995	Out of stock
Remember all the way… (Senior Friends Meeting in Berlin) Ed E. Adler & T. Moritz, History Book Series 7 WSCF, Geneva, 1996	400 copies CHFr10.00
Seeking and Serving the Truth: The First Hundred Years of the World Student Christian Federation P. Potter & T. Wieser WCC, Geneva 1997	100 copies CHFr 35.00 CHFr 42.50
Talitha Cum! The Grace of Solidarity in a Globalized World Ed M. DeGiglio-Bellemare & G. Miranda Garcia WSCF, Geneva 2004	12 copies CHFr 35.00
Last updated: February 2006 Availability indicated is approximate, and price is in Swiss Francs. For updates on these and other historic WSCF titles, please contact the IRO.

 

Titles that are out of stock can be accessed for information either by the WSCF archivist or the Yale Divinity School Library archivists. All WSCF archives are held in these two major collections:

Yale Divinity School Library
^{WSCF archives from 1895 to 1925}

The official archives of the World Student Christian Federation from 1895 to 1925 are held at the Yale Divinity School Library. These records were donated by John R. Mott, who served as General Secretary and Chairman of the WSCF for many years.

The WSCF collection at Yale contains materials dating up through the 1940s, as it continued to receive important Federation documents and serial publications following the organisation's change of headquarters in 1925.

Yale's WSCF collection also encompasses the books and periodicals that constituted the Library of the WSCF. In 1919, the Library of the WSCF (also called the John R. Mott Library) included some five thousand volumes, with documents in more than twenty languages.

The WSCF archives at Yale are arranged geographically, with the general records in the "A" section being followed by records related to B: North America; C: South America; D: Europe; E: Great Britain and Ireland; F: Oriental Countries; and G-M: other countries.

Within each of these sections, materials are grouped according to a unique classification system modelled after the Dewey Decimal System, which was developed specifically for the archives and library of the WSCF in the early part of the 20th century by Mrs. Grace J. Livingston. This classification system was updated and expanded by Miss Ruth Rouse in the 1940s.

Among the classification sections are the "300" section, which contains the materials concerning the organisation and incorporation of the WSCF, the "800" section, which contains the correspondence of John Mott, Ruth Rouse, Karl Fries and other correspondents such as P.A. Conrad, Emmanuel Galland, Francis P. Miller, Eberhard Phildius, Margery W. Smith and W.A. Visser 't Hooft, and the "900" section, which contains materials relating to the history of the WSCF, including reports, minutes of meetings, year books, various serials, information on conventions, conferences and various committees.

To access the online finding aid for the WSCF collection at Yale, go to Guide to the Archives of the World Student Christian Federation.

The Yale collection is open to qualified researchers. Portions of the archives have been microfilmed and are available via interlibrary loan. To view policies on rights and reproductions for archival collections at the Yale Divinity School Library, go to Rights and Reproductions in the special collections section of the Yale Divinity School Library website.

To contact the Yale Divinity School Library directly:

Yale Divinity School Library Archivist
Yale University
409 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
Website: https://web.library.yale.edu/divinity

World Council of Churches Library
^{WSCF Archives from 1895}

The World Council of Churches Library houses global archives of the WSCF at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.

In the 1970s it was decided to transfer the WSCF archives to the WCC archives for storage, description and microfilming, since then there have been several additional transfers.

The WCC archives describe WSCF's importance in the ecumenical library as follows:

"The structure and activities of the WSCF provide a unique opportunity for focused study of student religious life throughout the world. Throughout its rich and active history, the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) played a fundamental role in both the modern missionary and ecumenical movements. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, WSCF encouraged students to engage actively in the work of spreading the gospel, emphasising the importance of mutual communication, co-operation, and challenge with the mainline institutional churches. The Federation has and continues to work for unity in the church and in the world."

The reports and letters included in the WSCF collection provide insight into the contexts and issues that informed the development of the Church in North and South America, continental Europe, Great Britain, Ireland, Asia, Australasia, South Africa, and other areas.

The archival materials include reports and correspondence of committees, conferences, national student movements, secretaries and officers of the WSCF. These archives are organised by chronological periods and then by categories such as "Countries", "Secretaries", "Conferences", "Correspondence" etc. using the following series and subseries:

• Minutes of General Committee/General Assembly
• Minutes of Executive Committee meetings
• Minutes of Staff & Officers' meetings
• Annual reports and conference reports
• WSCF Directories
• Meetings, reports and conferences categorised in time periods as follows:
  before 1919; 1919-22; 1922-24; 1924-26; 1926-28; 1928-29; 1930-31; 1932-40; 1940-45

Records from 1945 to 2004 continue in the system of sorting by date and format, the later categories include all the categories listed above, plus:

• World Student Relief & International Student Service
• Commissions (Political, Study, Youth, Ecumenical, University)
• Ecumenical Assistance Programme
• Schools work

In addition to the official minutes, conference reports and programme documents are materials from the following categories:

• Promotional materials
• WSCF publications
• Worship and Bible Studies
• Biographical material
• Prayer books
• Cantate Domino
• Writings and sermons

Go to the WSCF archive inventory at the WCC Library website to view the archived contents here. Access to the archives at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva is free and available to the public by prior request. The rules for access and an application form for use of the archives are available on the WCC Library website under the section Conditions of use.

The WCC Library's archives staff are able to help users with copies and small searches. For extensive research, they recommend that researchers visit the archives in Geneva.

To contact the WCC Library directly:

Library & Archives Team
World Council of Churches
P.O. Box 2100, CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 791 6279
Fax: +41 22 791 2022
E-mail:
Website: http://library.oikoumene.org / http://archives.oikoumene.org

SCM Press

WSCF has an historic connection to the SCM Press through the British SCM. Starting out as the publishing arm of the British Student Christian Movement, SCM Press has for many years been a fully independent company publishing academic theology. For information on publications from the SCM Press, please go directly to their official website: https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk.

 

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Other Publications

IWD Liturgies

March 8th is known as International Women’s Day across the nations. It is a day of hope, a day of courage, of celebration for women who fought for equality, justice and peace.

The International Women’s Day is also a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.

The United Nations (UN) has marked March 8th as a day for Women’s Rights and International Peace since 1977. The UN has mentioned that until now nowhere in the world women can claim to have all the same rights and opportunities as men despite much progress to protect and promote women’s right have been made in these days. 

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Student World

Student World is an annual academic journal produced by an inter-regional WSCF editorial team and published by the IRO. It focuses on critical perspectives from the world of theology, spirituality, politics and student concerns.

In 2003 WSCF took on the adventure of restarting Student World as its global journal after a break of almost forty years. From 1908 till the end of the 1960s Student World had been WSCF's main printed forum for expressing its concerns and ideas. When Student World stopped going to print in the 1970s, the WSCF Book Series continued the role of publishing analysis of current themes and ideas from the worldwide federation.

		Student World Issue 250/2006 "Gender: Christians, Empire and Basileia" The sixteen articles in this edition are grouped under the categories of Spirituality of the Cross, Empire and Humanity, Foretaste of Ecumenism, Engagement and Discipleship and Prayer and Eucharist.
		Student World Issue 249/2005 "Gender: Unity and Empowerment"
		Student World Issue 248/2004 "Fullness of Life: Life in Abundance" The theme comes from the story of Jesus raising Jairus' daughter from death to life in Mark 5:41, where Christ says to the child, 'Talitha Cum - Little girl, get up!'
		Student World Issue 247/2003 "Powers and Principalities" This issue explores the idea of power with all its positive and negative qualities. Essays and articles focus on the connections between Christian faith and political power and between divine powers and the principalities of darkness.

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WSCF Global Book Series

The Inter-Regional Office regularly produces new titles on faith in action for its global book series. Books in this series are usually published around the annual themes of the federation and source their material from university student participants and expert resource people involved in WSCF inter-regional programmes.

Content are sourced from various academic fields related to their theme, Bible studies, theological and political analysis of the theme and regional or national reflections on how thematic issues impact on students and their societies in different parts of the world.

WSCF Bible studies

Bible studies from WSCF events or global programmes. Bible studies are also published in Student World and WSCF books from the Global Book Series.

WSCF reflections

Sermons and reflections delivered at WSCF events. Reflections are also published in Student World and WSCF books from the Global Book Series.

WSCF study materials

Study materials from WSCF events or programmes. Study materials are also published in Student World and WSCF books from the Global Book Series.

National and regional publications

In addition to the publications listed here, many national movements publish regular newsletters and occasional books of study material, liturgies and conference papers.

Two of the WSCF regions publish book series on theological and political issues and regular regional magazines. The Asia-Pacific Region publishes a yearly magazine entitled Praxis and occasional books on themes being addressed by the region. WSCF Europe publishes a twice-yearly ecumenical journal entitled Mozaik. The WSCF Central European Sub-region publishes a series of books on theological and movement related issues. Visit the other regional sites to check the publications they produce.

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