The rise of the social gospel in American protestantism, 1865-1915.
Edition: New ed.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New Haven, CT
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
Table of contents: title: Foreword to the 1967 edition; title: Preface; title: Introduction; 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; title: 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