social gospel: does personal faith have social implication – Flashcards

1. latter 19th: american becomes urban, industrialized country 2. age of big business: lassez faire capitalism

1. the gospel of wealth

1. God blesses the rich 2. poor deserve their plight 3. you need to give away your money and help the poor

1. founder of temple university, pastor of a "mega_church" 2. acres of diamonds- famous speech/ now book 3. wealthy gospel_ jesus want you rich

in his steps 1896

1. social gospel novel 2. criticize the church's failures socially; also takes social gospel to laity 3. WWJD- what would Jesus do? was originally a social gospel question 4. think about WWJD before you make decision

1.1889-1897, pastor of german baptist congregation in Hell's Kitchen, NY 2. 1897, professor of church history at colgate-Rochester( american Baptist) 3. christianity and the social crisis, 1907 4.a theology of the social gospel, 1917

1. key idea-realizing kingdom of God on earth 2. support for labor, economic justice 3. kindom of evil-sin is selfishness, persons involved in solidaristic guilt; evil powers are social powers like expoitation 4. for example: love yourself into bankruptcy"; i kwnow i got the del on that house" the real estate agent was beyond helpful 5. social salvation( agreed with the need for personal conversion but this not the focus and often obscured the need for the redemption of society 6. redeem social structures- relying on changing individual ethics never enough 7. bible is social gospel a. the social gospel is the message of the prophets of the OT b. jesus taught a social gospel: hear the message of JEsus about the material possessions and helping the poor

1. liberation theology_ latin america 2. read bible through eyes of the poor 3. God"s preferential treatment of the poor 4. change social / economic structure