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Social gospel theology asked people to live their lives like Jesus, serving the poor and oppressed. Some major theological developers of social gospel were white church leaders such as Walter Rauschenbusch, John Commons, and Henry King – as well as black church leaders such as Reverdy Ransom. In 1908, the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ was established to unify American Protestants behind the Social Gospel (Social Christianity) Movement. Subsequently, the Social Gospel Movement was gradually reconsidered by Protestants in the mid- to late-1920s, and what followed was an era of return to Christian fundamentalism. This research project focuses on the American Social Gospel Movement during the Progressive Era – roughly from the 1880s to the early 1920s. It aims to examine the movement, specifically how it was applied geographically and to non-white people during the Progressive Era. This study looks at key church leaders and their foundational works on social gospel theology. Next, the study examines how the social gospel was applied to Native Americans, African Americans, and Asian immigrants. Last, the study evaluates the Social Gospel Movement to determine successes and failures for these groups. Because of race and gender norms in Progressive Era America, it is likely that the social gospel fell short of reaching people in certain ethnic and gender groups and was applied in unequal ways; therefore, these groups experienced diminished opportunity for social reform that the Social Gospel Movement preached for. “For God shows no partiality” ~Romans 2:11 (AMP)~
The Partiality of the American Social Gospel Movement
Poster (LUO Remote) - Textual or Investigative
Social gospel theology asked people to live their lives like Jesus, serving the poor and oppressed. Some major theological developers of social gospel were white church leaders such as Walter Rauschenbusch, John Commons, and Henry King – as well as black church leaders such as Reverdy Ransom. In 1908, the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ was established to unify American Protestants behind the Social Gospel (Social Christianity) Movement. Subsequently, the Social Gospel Movement was gradually reconsidered by Protestants in the mid- to late-1920s, and what followed was an era of return to Christian fundamentalism. This research project focuses on the American Social Gospel Movement during the Progressive Era – roughly from the 1880s to the early 1920s. It aims to examine the movement, specifically how it was applied geographically and to non-white people during the Progressive Era. This study looks at key church leaders and their foundational works on social gospel theology. Next, the study examines how the social gospel was applied to Native Americans, African Americans, and Asian immigrants. Last, the study evaluates the Social Gospel Movement to determine successes and failures for these groups. Because of race and gender norms in Progressive Era America, it is likely that the social gospel fell short of reaching people in certain ethnic and gender groups and was applied in unequal ways; therefore, these groups experienced diminished opportunity for social reform that the Social Gospel Movement preached for. “For God shows no partiality” ~Romans 2:11 (AMP)~
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