Social Gospel
Even Christians who are Democrats are abandoning the Social Gospel
By Ryan Burge — October 6, 2022
(RNS) — Survey data show that church attendance, not party, is more likely to determine how Christians view the kingdom.
Robert Putnam thinks religion could play a role in healing divisions
By Yonat Shimron — November 24, 2020
(RNS) — The renowned political scientist and his co-author say the reforms enacted in response to the Social Gospel movement of the Progressive Era might provide a lesson.
The Great American Slumbering?
By William Schweiker — December 6, 2019
(RNS) — Are we experiencing the opposite of a ‘Great Awakening’ in the US today?
For storied civil rights center, Highlander Center fire is an echo of the past
By Yonat Shimron — April 5, 2019
(RNS) — This isn't the first time the renowned civil rights center, where the Rev. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks came to strategize, has been targeted.
Taxing the rich to help the poor? Here’s what the Bible says
By Mathew Schmalz — December 11, 2017
(The Conversation) — While the Bible is clear about aiding the poor, it does not provide easy answers about taxing the rich. But even so, over the centuries biblical principles have provided an understanding on how to help the needy.
How the social gospel movement explains the roots of today’s religious left
By Christopher H. Evans — July 18, 2017
The social gospel movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries has had a particularly significant impact on the development of the religious left.
Trump’s budget slashes aid to the poor. Would Jesus have a problem with that?
By David Gibson — March 20, 2017
(RNS) The sharp debate that broke out among believers suggests that any Christian rationale for the nation’s social safety net depends on how you translate a single Greek word in the Gospel of Matthew.
The Christian social ethics project hits a wall
By David P. Gushee — March 13, 2017
What is needed in America today goes far beyond public-policy tinkering.
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