HISTORY 3N03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Gospel, Profit Motive
12 Apr 2018
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Urbanization, industrialization and immigration = profound changes in canadian society. There was a general assumption that society was breaking down and needed to be fixed. Each group of reformers had its own vision of what constituted the perfect society and how best to achieve it, but together they attempted to mould the new urban and industrial society to desirable ends. In the eyes of middle class actors (part of reform movements business owners, teachers, etc. They sought to impose their views on others), cities had many problems (society was breaking down and needed to be fixed) Definition: a north american social movement that sought to apply jesus" teachings to everyday social problems (c. 1880s-1920) Social gospellers demanded that religion be more concerned with improving social conditions in this life for all canadians rather than worrying about salvation in the afterlife. Included pastors, educators, people who attended church. Demanded that christianity be concerned with day to day, not abstract theological issues.
