Wendy J. Deichmann Edwards Carolyn Deswarte Gifford Christopher H. Evans
This collection of essays examines the central, yet often overlooked, role played by women in the formation of the social gospel movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A practical theological response to the stark realities of poverty and injustice prevalent in turn-of-the-century America, the social gospel movement sought to apply the teachings of Jesus and the message of Christian salvation to society by striving to improve the lives of the impoverished and the disenfranchised. The contributors to this volume set out to broaden our understanding of this radical...
This collection of essays examines the central, yet often overlooked, role played by women in the formation of the social gospel movement in the late ...
