A Theology for the Social Gospel

by Rauschenbusch, Walter

• ISBN13: 9780664257309
• ISBN10: 0664257305
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-09-01
• Publisher: Presbyterian Pub Corp

Summary

A Theology for the Social Gospelis undoubtedly Walter Rauschenbusch's most enduring work. It is here that Rauschenbusch, the father of the social gospel in the United States, articulates the theological roots of social activism that surged forth from mainline Protestant churches in the early part of the twentieth century. Skillfully examining the great theological issues of the Christian faith--sin, evil, salvation, and the kingdom of God--Rauschenbauch offers a powerful justification for the church to fully engage society.The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.

Table of Contents

General Editors' Introduction	ix	(2)
Introduction	xi	(16)
Donald W. Shriver, Jr.
A THEOLOGY FOR THE SOCIAL GOSPEL
Foreword	xxvii
I. The Challenge of the Social Gospel to Theology	1	(9)
II. The Difficulties of Theological Readjustment	10	(13)
III. Neither Alien nor Novel	23	(8)
IV. The Consciousness of Sin	31	(7)
V. The Fall of Man	38	(7)
VI. The Nature of Sin	45	(12)
VII. The Transmission of Sin	57	(12)
VIII. The Super-Personal Forces of Evil	69	(8)
IX. The Kingdom of Evil	77	(18)
X. The Social Gospel and Personal Salvation	95	(15)
XI. The Salvation of the Super-Personal Forces	110	(8)
XII. The Church as the Social Factor of Salvation	118	(13)
XIII. The Kingdom of God	131	(15)
XIV. The Initiator of the Kingdom of God	146	(21)
XV. The Social Gospel and the Conception of God	167	(21)
XVI. The Holy Spirit, Revelation, Inspiration, and Prophecy	188	(9)
XVII. Baptism and the Lord's Supper	197	(11)
XVIII. Eschatology	208	(32)
XIX. The Social Gospel and the Atonement	240