Lifting up hope, living out justice
Subtitle: Methodist women and the social gospel
By: Alice G. Knotts
Publisher: Frontrowliving Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780979419409
Subjects: Social gospel; Methodist women; Biography; History
Description: Alice Knotts introduces five early 20th century Methodist women, Isabelle Horton, Bertha Fowler, Grace Scribner, Winifred Chappell, and Mary McDowell, "formative shapers" of the Social Gospel movement, and founding members of the Methodist Federation for Social Service (MFSS) in 1908.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-96) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Living and breathing the whole gospel --; title: The social gospel embraces life's context --; title: Mary McDowell, labor advocate --; title: Isabelle Horton, treasuring human life --; title: Articulating the social gospel --; title: Bertha Fowler, advocate for social evangelism --; title: Founding the Methodist Federation --; title: Gathering momentum for a new social order --; title: Turning point --; title: Reflections on living out justice.