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The Social Gospel--The Social Crusades - Lecture on the social gospel from a course on "Religious Life in the United States" examines the movement in the southern United States and the course of social gospel in the twentieth century.
Walter Rauschenbusch and the Social Gospel - Resources on the social gospel theologian, the social context in which the social gospel movement originated and developed, the theology of social gospel and writings by Rauschenbusch.
Evangelism and Social Responsibility: An Evangelical Commitment - Paper from the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization and the World Evangelical Fellowship develops an evangelical position on Christianity and social responsibility as an alternative to the social gospel. Includes criticism of social gospel.
Social and Religious Context of the Social Gospel - The excesses of the Victorian age gave foundation to a number of important political and religious trends that which converged to give rise to the Social Gospel.
NOW with Bill Moyers. Society and Community. History of the Social Gospel | PBS - Information about the Social Gospel tradition of Christian socialism.
The Social Gospel - Class Notes - Political perspective on the social gospel movement in early twentieth century America.
Social Gospel - The attempt to move society toward the Kingdom of God by applying Jesus' message to social issues.
A Fundamentalist Social Gospel - Article by Robert Price in the Christian Century on attempts to synthesise what, at first, seem to be two contradictory strains in Christianity; fundamentalism and social gospel.
Black Social Gospel - Examines African-American figures in the social gospel movement.
Lesson 16 - The Social Gospel - Lecture notes from a Church of Christ bible study present an evangelical critique of the social gospel.

Wikipedia Articles

Social Gospel - The Social Gospel movement is a Protestant Christian intellectual movement that was most prominent in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Social Gospel principles continue to inspire newer movements such as Christians Against Poverty.
Shailer Mathews - Shailer Mathews (1863-1941) was a liberal Christian theologian involved with the social gospel movement. "Mathews was one of the country's most visible and articulate advocates for making social concerns an essential part of the Gospel message.
Pontifical Council for Social Communications - The Pontifical Council for Social Communications (Pontificium Consilium de Communicationibus Socialibus) is a dicastery of the Roman Curia. Established by Pope John Paul II on June 28, 1988, it is responsible for using the various forms of the media in spreading the Gospel.
Georg Ratzinger (politician) - Georg Ratzinger (born April 3, 1844 in Rickering at Deggendorf, died December 3, 1899 in Munich) was a German Catholic priest, political economist, social reformer, author and politician. He saw the gospel and Catholic social teaching as a means of empowering the poor but was also responsible for shaping anti-Jewish attitudes among 19th century German CatholicsUriel Tal, Christians and Jews in Germany: Religion, Politics, and Ideology in the Second Reich, 1870-1914 (Cornell, 1975).
Josiah Strong - Josiah Strong (1847-1916) was a Protestant clergyman and author. He was a founder of the Social Gospel movement that sought to apply Protestant religious principles to solve the social ills brought on by industrialization, urbanization and immigration.