Title: The decline and revival of the social gospel : social and political liberalism in American Protestant churches, 1920-1940 /
Authors: Carter, Paul Allen, 1926-
Publisher: Cornell University Press,
Year: 1956
Subjects: Church and social problems United States.; Protestant churches United States
Contents: The background of the Social Gospel in America -- The rise of American social Christianity -- The Social Gospel and the spirit of the times - 1920 -- The Social Gospel under fire, 1920-1929 -- Prohibition, left and right -- The social meaning of fundamentalism -- The churches' business in a business society -- The changing ministry : a study in clerical self-respect -- The impact of secularism and war -- The Social Gospel and the universal church -- The background of the ecumenical movement -- America belief and the world church -- The Social Gospel and the new deal -- Legacy : the Social Gospel in 1929 -- Preparation : the Social Gospel in the Great Depression -- Impact : the hundred days and afterward -- The church, the world, and the faith -- The ecumenical movement in the 1930's -- The Social Gospel and the coming of the war -- The Social Gospel and the Christian faith.