According to www.ChristianityToday.com, Walter Rauschenbusch was a theologian as well as a Baptist pastor who also taught at Rochester Theological Seminary. Rauschenbusch’s church was located in an area in New York called “Hell’s Kitchen”, where he encountered and lived life with many people who were victims of …show more content…
Rauschenbusch’s book demands that as Christians, we pursue righteousness like God does. Furthermore, Rauschenbusch cited 15 other books within this piece and has scripture supporting what he is trying to portray, one of the most prominent and driving verses being Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. He also gleaned from personal experience, working with those who are oppressed, widowed and/or are otherwise in need of justice, which adds a great deal of personal conviction into the writing. Reading this book with an open mind starts to eliminate the impossibility of at least wanting this type of society, therefore there are not any glaring contradictions in the Christian faith pertaining to this concept. The only issue I really came across was Rauschenbusch implying the incompleteness of the