Social Gospel was a prominent Protestant movement in the late 19th and early to mid 20th century that attempted to apply Christian principles to social problems. Part of Christian "modernism" with a strong emphasis on social justice the movement was a rival to evangelical and fundamentalist Christianity. In the United States prior to World War I, the Social Gospel was the religious wing of U.S. "progressive" politics which had the aim of combating injustice, suffering and poverty in society. Sometimes called "Christian socialism" the movement was especially influential in Canada and led many ministers to become active in the socialist movement in the form of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and later the New Democratic Party. Social Gospel is still influential in Canada's United Church and in the Anglican Church but has less influence in the United States. It also remains influential among "Christian socialist" circles in Britain in the Church of England, Methodist and Calvinist movements.
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- The Christian Socialist Movement Based in Britain and active in the Labour Party, the CSM is in a tradition that stretches back to the early church. "We all share a belief in justice, peace and the wholeness of creation."
- NOW with Bill Moyers. Society and Community. History of the Social Gospel | PBS Information about the Social Gospel tradition of Christian socialism.
- Black Social Gospel Examines African-American figures in the social gospel movement.
- Capitalism in the Gilded Age: The Social Gospel Short item on the social gospel movement with profiles of leading figures Washington Gladden and Walter Rauschenbusch.
- Fundamentalism and the Social Gospel Background article from the companion site to PBS' American Experience episode on the Scope's Monkey Trial.
- Jubilee: The Social Gospel - Revival of Socialism Christian view on the concept of the Jewish concept of Jubilee which means the redistribution of wealth, the protection of the earth, and the celebration of community.
- Liberalism in Religious Thought - White Social Gospel Background information on the social gospel movement in the twentieth century and prominent figures in it.
- The Life and Times of the Prophet Vernon Johns: Father of the Civil Rights Movement Online book by Dr. Patrick L. Cooney and Henry W. Powell examines the life of the liberal clergeyman and civil rights leader with an extensive look at liberal Christianity and its role in the social justice movements.
- lifeissues.net | The Churches and the Social Gospel Ronald Rolheiser argues that the churches have been, and still are, at those places with the poor where nobody else wants to be.
- Practical Christian Socialism Selections from Practical Christianity, An Epitome of Practical Christian Socialism by Adin Ballou, edited by Lynn Gordon Hughes.
- The Reverend Henry Wallace Paper by economics professor Richard E. Hattwick on the social gospel minister and agricultural reformer who was the grandfather of Vice President Henry A. Wallace.
- 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.
- Social Gospel Short discussion of the conflict between social gospel and evangelical Christianity.
- Social Gospel Article from the Glossary of Religion and Philosophy.
- Social Gospel Theology An explanation of the theological position of the social gospel movement.
- What Was Chautauqua Historical essay on the Christian educational movement named after the resort in New York state.
- World Missions and the Social Gospel Anglican timeline.
- Christian Socialism is Possible Irving Hexham responds to John Redekopp in this Christian Week article.
- The Prophetic Imperative: Social Gospel in Theory and Practice Discussion guide to the book by Richard S. Gilbert.
- Jerusalem Hymn favoured by Christian socialists and the social gospel movement in Britain and North America.
- Christian Socialism Essay on the movement from Spartacus Schoolnet.
- The Ram's Horn Presenting texts and especially cartoons from The Ram's Horn, an interdenominational social gospel magazine of the 1890s in the United States.