Walter Rauschenbusch

(noun)

A theologian and Baptist preacher who developed the highly influential doctrine of the Social Gospel. In his influential work, A Theology for the Social Gospel, Rauschenbusch argued that Chirstians were called to improve social conditions, fighting poverty, oppression, corruption, and other social ills.

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Examples of Walter Rauschenbusch in the following topics:

  • Markets and Missionaries

    • One of the defining theologians for the Social Gospel movement was Walter Rauschenbusch, a Baptist pastor of a congregation located in Hell’s Kitchen in New York City.
    • Rauschenbusch railed against what he regarded as the selfishness of capitalism and promoted a form of Christian Socialism that supported the creation of labor unions and cooperative economics.
    • While pastors such as Rauschenbusch were combining their expertise in Biblical ethics and economic studies and research to preach theological claims around the need for social reform, others such as Dwight Moody refused to preach about social issues based on personal experience.
    • Rauschenbusch sought to address the problems of the city with Socialist ideas that proved to be frightening to the middle classes, the primary supporters of the Social Gospel.

  • Progressivism and Religion

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    • Ely, Josiah Strong, Washington Gladden, and Walter Rauschenbusch.
    • One of the defining theologians for the Social Gospel movement was Walter Rauschenbusch, a Baptist pastor of a congregation located in Hell's Kitchen.
    • Rauschenbusch railed against the selfishness of capitalism and promoted a form of Christian Socialism that endorsed labor unions and cooperative economics.

  • The Social Gospel

    • Ely, Josiah Strong, Washington Gladden, and Walter Rauschenbusch.

  • Crisis in Berlin

    • By the early summer of 1961, East German President Walter Ulbricht apparently had persuaded the Soviets that an immediate solution was necessary and that the only way to stop the exodus was to use force.
    • On Saturday, August 12, 1961, Walter Ulbricht signed the order to close the border and erect a wall.

  • The British Empire

    • Famous sea dogs included John Hawkins , Francis Drake, and Walter Raleigh.
    • Sir Walter Raleigh sought to establish an empire in the New World after having gained considerable favor from Queen Elizabeth I by suppressing rebellions in Ireland.

  • The Election of 1988

    • In the 1984 presidential election, the Democrats had nominated Walter Mondale, a traditional New Deal-type liberal as their candidate.

  • The Transformed South

    • Historian Walter Lynwood Fleming ideas are a typical example of the conservative interpretation of Reconstruction.

  • Settling the Southern Colonies

    • The name "Virginia" was first applied by Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth I in 1584, when Raleigh established a colony on the island of Roanoke off the coast of Virginia.

  • Theodore Roosevelt and Race

    • Roosevelt had also appointed numerous African Americans to federal office, such as Walter L.

  • The Gay Rights Movement

    • In 1973, Segal disrupted the CBS evening news with Walter Cronkite, an event covered in newspapers across the country and viewed by 60% of American households, many seeing or hearing about homosexuality for the first time.
    • Before the networks agreed to put a stop to censorship and bias in the news division, Segal went on to disrupt The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and The Today Show with Barbara Walters.