Abstract for Online Program Book (maximum 150 words)
This paper will critically examine the theologies and knowledges produced through the World Council of Churches Programme to Combat Racism (PCR) in Aotearoa New Zealand in the 1970s and early 1980s. Drawing on archival research, theological analysis, and interviews with church leaders and activists, it will explore the relationship between international networks and local community led responses to social justice. Using the PCR’s work in NZ as a case study, the paper will also reflect on activism as a form of lived theology, which can support contemporary anti-racist strategies and action.