Author:
Evans, Christopher Hodge, 1959- author.
Imprint:New York : NYU Press, 2017.
Description271 pages ; 24 cm
Note:Introduction -- "A perfect man in a perfect society" : the emergence of the social gospel in nineteenth-century America -- Interpreting the "golden rule" : turn-of-the century Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish reformers -- Kingdom coming : the social gospel and the "social awakening" in the early twentieth century -- "The Church stands for ..." : institutionalizing the social gospel -- "Since Rauschenbusch, what?" : the social gospel between the World Wars -- Achieving the "beloved community" : civil rights, Vietnam, and the twilight of the social gospel -- An evangelical social gospel? : The Christian right and progressive Evangelicalism -- Conclusion : the social gospel in American history.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
