In Union Made, Heath W. Carter advances a bold reinterpretation of the origins of American Social Christianity. While historians have often attributed the rise of the Social Gospel to middle-class ministers, seminary professors, and social reformers, this book tells a new story in which a little known cast of working-class believers take center stage.
In Union Made, Heath W. Carter advances a bold reinterpretation of the origins of American Social Christianity. While historians have often attributed the rise of the Social Gospel to middle-class ministers, seminary professors, and social reformers, this book tells a new story in which a little known cast of working-class believers take center stage.
Heath W. Carter is an assistant professor at Valparaiso University, where he teaches a variety of courses on the history of the modern United States. He is a co-editor of two forthcoming volumes on religion in American history.
Inhaltsangabe
* Acknowledgements * Introduction: The Working-Class Origins of Social Christianity * Chapter 1 - "Is the Laborer Worthy of his Hire?" The Decline of Democratized Christianity in Antebellum Chicago * Chapter 2: "Undefiled Christianity" - The Rise of a Working-Class Social Gospel * Chapter 3: "It Pays To Go to Church" - Ministers, "the Mob," and the Scramble for Working-Class Souls * Chapter 4: "With the Prophets of Old" - Working People's Challenge to the Gilded Age Church * Chapter 5: "The Divorce Between Labor and the Church" - Working People Strike Out on Their Own in 1894 Chicago * Chapter 6: "To Christianize Christianity" - Labor On the Move in Turn-of-the-Century Chicago * Chapter 7: "Social Christianity Becomes Official" - The Rise of a Middle-Class Social Gospel * Epilogue: The Fate of American Social Christianity in the Twentieth Century and Beyond * Notes * Bibliography * Index
* Acknowledgements * Introduction: The Working-Class Origins of Social Christianity * Chapter 1 - "Is the Laborer Worthy of his Hire?" The Decline of Democratized Christianity in Antebellum Chicago * Chapter 2: "Undefiled Christianity" - The Rise of a Working-Class Social Gospel * Chapter 3: "It Pays To Go to Church" - Ministers, "the Mob," and the Scramble for Working-Class Souls * Chapter 4: "With the Prophets of Old" - Working People's Challenge to the Gilded Age Church * Chapter 5: "The Divorce Between Labor and the Church" - Working People Strike Out on Their Own in 1894 Chicago * Chapter 6: "To Christianize Christianity" - Labor On the Move in Turn-of-the-Century Chicago * Chapter 7: "Social Christianity Becomes Official" - The Rise of a Middle-Class Social Gospel * Epilogue: The Fate of American Social Christianity in the Twentieth Century and Beyond * Notes * Bibliography * Index
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