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Resources on the social gospel theologian, the social context in which the social gospel movement originated and developed, the theology of social gospel and writings by Rauschenbusch.

Article on Rauschenbusch's contributions to theology published in the Cambridge History of English and American Literature.

Short biographical sketches of the Baptist minister from the Reformed Reader.

Examination of the Baptist minister's early life and his pastorate in the Hell's Kitchen area of New York City that led him to the Social Gospel.

Article by Max L. Stackhouse on Walter Rauschenbusch's life and influence on modern Christianity.

Institution with a mandate to equip local congregations and their leaders for social ministry in the new century with an emphasis on spiritual reflection and social action.

Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918) was a Baptist minister among the poor and the industrial workers of New York city. Excerpt from his book Christianity and the Social Crisis which is a major text of the social gospel movement.

Text of a prayer by the Baptist social reformer.