The Social Gospel: Religion and Reform in Changing America

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Temple University Press, 1976 - Religion - 306 pages
Author note: Ronald C. White, Jr. is Chaplain and Assistant Professor of Religion at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington. >P>C. Howard Hopkins is Professor of History Emeritus at Rider College and Director of the John R. Mott Biography Project. He is the author of The Rise of the Social Gospel in American Protestantism.
 

Contents

Introduction
3
Christian Abolitionism
14
Christian Socialism 26 230
26
An American Prophet
36
Introduction
51
Justice for Labor
63
Movements toward the Kingdom
70
Voices from the New South
80
Socialism as Christian Strategy
168
Progressivism as Christian Strategy
179
Church Agencies for Social Action
190
An Ecumenical Movement
197
Catholicism and Social Questions
214
American Jews and the Kingdom
230
Introduction
243
Decline or Revival?
259

Neglected Reforms and Reformers
99
The Imperialism of Righteousness
114
Introduction
129
Popular Culture and Social Religion
143
The Past Is Prologue
273
Conclusion
283
Index
299
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