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Christianity and the Social Crisis of the 21st Century The Classic That Woke Up the Church

Walter Rauschenbusch

On the 100th anniversary of its publication, leading public theologians respond to the enduring relevance of this classic of faith and politics.

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On Being with Krista Tippett

Rauschenbusch's work was discussed extensively, focusing on his emphasis on the social gospel and its application to real-world problems, particularly the suffering of children. His writing style and contemporary relevance were highlighted, along with the evolution of his ideas and their impact on modern religious thought.

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The dying dumb come thy will be done on earth.

— Episode: [Unedited] Paul Raushenbush with Krista...

Episode: [Unedited] Paul Raushenbush with Krista Tippett

Rauschenbusch's work was discussed extensively, focusing on his emphasis on the social gospel and its application to real-world problems, particularly the suffering of children. His writing style and contemporary relevance were highlighted, along with the evolution of his ideas and their impact on modern religious thought.

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The dying dumb come thy will be done on earth.

If the question of distribution of wealth were solved for all society and all lived in average comfort and without urgent anxiety. The question would still be how many would be at peace with their own souls and have that enduring joy and contentment which alone can make the outward things fair and sweet and rise victorious over change.

Religion is a tremendous generator of self-sacrificing action if the hydraulic force of religion could be turned toward conduct there is nothing which it could not accomplish.

Episode: Paul Raushenbush — Occupying the Gospel

It was a pivotal text for the Social Gospel movement, and once sold more copies than any religious book except the Bible. The book emphasized the social responsibility of Christians in this life, de-emphasizing the afterlife, and was considered by some to be leftist or even Marxist.

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The dedication page of his book was a shortened section from the Lord's Prayer. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth.

In the 1960s Martin Luther King Jr. cited Roshin Bush as a deeply formative influence and Walter Roshin Bush's red and studied in seminaries all kinds of seminaries still today.

He considered himself evangelical and he saw Dwight Moody now revered as a founding father of modern evangelicalism as his forebearer.

The kingdom is always but coming it is true that any effort its social regeneration is dogged by perpetual relapse and doomed forever to fall short of its aim but the same is true of our personal efforts to live a Christian life.

Whatever argument would demand the post-pondment of social regeneration to a future era will equally demand the post-pondment of personal holiness to a future life.

Episode: [Unedited] Paul Raushenbush with Krista Tippett

It was discussed as Rauschenbusch's first book, dedicated to the people of his first parish in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. His experiences there led him to explore how the Gospel addresses social problems, particularly the suffering of the poor and children.

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I just kept burying too many babies in the little boxes; they broke my heart.

The dying dumb come thy will be done on earth.

If the question of distribution of wealth were solved for all society and all lived in average comfort and without urgent anxiety, the question would still be how many would be at peace with their own souls and have that enduring joy and contentment which alone can make the outward things fair and sweet and rise victorious over change.

Religion is a tremendous generator of self-sacrificing action; if the hydraulic force of religion could be turned toward conduct, there is nothing which it could not accomplish.

Episode: Paul Raushenbush — Occupying the Gospel

It was a pivotal text for the Social Gospel movement, selling more copies than any other religious book except the Bible for three years. The book emphasized the social responsibility of Christians and was later cited as influential by Martin Luther King Jr.

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The dedication page of his book was a shortened section from the Lord's Prayer. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth.

Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually more abundant religion awaiting burial.

The kingdom is always but coming it is true that any effort its social regeneration is dogged by perpetual relapse and doomed forever to fall short of its aim but the same is true of our personal efforts to live a Christian life.

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