REL 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 51: Liberation Theology, Russell Conwell, Walter Rauschenbusch
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Weaver (rel 1350: does the gospel have anything to do with economic issues and the. Workplace: they p____ for me on sunday and p____ on me on monday . Latter 19th: america becomes urban, industrialized country. Age of big business, laissez faire capitalism. The market, not ethics, determines the price. Issues: wages (no minimum wage), working conditions (no workman"s comp, disability) Today: unemployment benefits, social security, retirement, financial aid. Founder of temple university, pastor of a mega-church . Acres of __________ - famous speech/now book. Wealthy gospel jesus wants you rich! Criticizes the church"s failures socially; also takes social gospel to laity. Wwjd - what would jesus ____? was originally a social gospel question. 1889-97, pastor of g________ baptist congregation in hell"s kitchen, ny. 1897, professor of church history at colgate-rochester (american baptist) Christianity and the social crisis, 1907, propelled into leadership of social. A theology of the social gospel, 1917. Key idea-realizing __________ of god on earth.
