The rise of social gospel in American Protestantism, 1865-1915
Series: Yale studies in religious education ; XIV
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1940
Place of publication: New Haven, CT
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
Copyright date: 1940
Subjects: Christian sociology -- History; Theology, Doctrinal -- United States -- History
Other titles: The social gospel in American Protestantism
Notes: "Presented for the degree of doctor of philosophy at Yale university [1937]"
"Published under the joint sponsorship of the Samuel B. Sneath memorial publication fund of the Yale university divinity school and the Rauschenbusch memorial lectureship foundation of the Colgate-Rochester Divinity School"
Table of contents: title: Part one : 1865-1880 : The birth of social Christianity.; title: Protestantism in the Gilded Age; title: Christianity and the morals of society; title: Part two : 1880-1890 : The eighties : a youthful movement.; title: The new theology and the new ethics; title: The church challenges socialism --Applying Christianity to the labor question; title: The kingdom of God and "our country"; title: Part three : 1890-1900 : The social gospel comes of age.; title: Evolution and the kingdom; title: The church faces a new age; title: Social problems in the light of Christian ethics; title: Christian socialism; title: George Davis Herron : social redemption through sacrifice; title: Part four : 1900-1915 : Maturity and recognition.; title: The discovery of the social teachings of Jesus; title: Walter Rauschenbusch formulates the social gospel; title: The Christian Socialist Fellowship; title: Problems of the new century; title: Sociology in the service of religion; title: Social Christianity becomes official; title: The churches federate for social action; title: Conclusion