Description
Book SynopsisThis text aims to provide a complete picture of social Christianity, a movement which worked to address various social issues. This analysis presents a case that argues social Christianity was the most widespread and influential religious social reform movement in American history.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Reassessing Social Christianity: Participants and Purposes Chapter 3 When Stead Came to Chicago: Social Christianity and Political Reform Chapter 4 Charles Sheldon's In His Steps and the Social Gospel Novel Chapter 5 To Reconstruct the World: Walter Rauschenbusch, Christian Socialism, and Social Change Chapter 6 Women and Social Christianity: Vida Scudder's Quest to Create a Cooperative Commonwealth Chapter 7 Blacks and Social Christianity: Reverdy Ransom, a Champion of Black Civil Rights Chapter 8 Social Christianity, Businessmen, and the Golden Rule: John Wanamaker, John J. Eagan, and Arthur Nash Chapter 9 Social Christianity, Businessmen, and the Golden Rule II: Nelson O. Nelson and Samuel M. Jones Chapter 10 Evangelicals and Social Christianity: The Men and Religion Forward Movement of 1911-1912 Chapter 11 Conservative Critics of Social Christianity Chapter 12 Toward a New Definition of Social Christianity: Advocates, Activities, Principles, and Achievements Chapter 13 Appendix: Social Christianity in White Protestant Denominations, 1180-1925
