Walter Rauschenbusch

Since the publication of Charles Darwin’s book, On the Origin of Species in 1859, people had used Darwin’s biological concept of evolution and applied it to the modern human realm. This concept became known as social Darwinism. Social Darwinists, such as Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner argue that only the strongest, and most capable can succeed in society. Social Darwinism promotes “survival of the fittest”, and rejects government regulation of businesses. According to Sumner, “Persons…

One of the most common misconceptions of Americanized Christianity is this Christianity is, itself the perfect model of Christianity. Our manifest struggles with the meaning of Christianity, and its application within our social structure has set to define the United States as a “Christian” nation – that is a nation founded and built upon a foundation of Christian principle. This misguided idea has lead many to defend a quasi-theocracy that was never intended to be the fundamental tenet of our…

There are many different types of social inequality, and with the help of authors, Americans need to end it. Several problems, such as financial differences, racism, and bullying are continuing to occur within the country. Although these have not completely stopped, writers have been using all kinds of literature to resolve them one step at a time. For years and years, social inequality has been a rising issue for teens in America, yet the human population still fails to end it. Because everyone…

The release of Darwin’s book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life that was published in 1859 and later the book The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex that was published in 1871 put doubts in people’s minds about whether the Bible was correct on the account of Genesis. This doubt made some people challenge their previous presuppositions and interpretations on Scripture which led to a change in their…

utopia’s “industrial army” would offer up their self-interests and share the labor willingly among themselves to “earn equal credits annually”, which could be used to draw goods from public storehouses (“Looking Backward” 51). Similarly to Walter Rauschenbusch who presented his disgust for the troubling times due to capitalism and individualism, the new order would build on the assumption that a well-managed society would run with machine-like efficiency that can ensure equality and improvement…

Martin still was going through the hatred of segregation(Abernathy 2). “ In 1948 King entered the Crozer Theological seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania, where for the next three years he studied theology, philosophy, ethics, the Social Gospel of Walter Rauschenbusch, and the religious and social views of Reinhold Niebuhr”(Abernathy 2). King began to learn more about leadership and looked into the peaceful protest of Mohandas Gandhi. This is where he learned his peaceful protest that he later used…

Task 3 Part A: First, the 13th Amendment was made; it gave African Americans something they had always wanted, ever since they were born, their freedom. Immediately after the Civil War, they sought to give meaning to freedom by reuniting families separated under slavery, establishing their own churches and schools, seeking economic autonomy, and demanding equal civil and political rights (Norton, 2015). The 13th Amendment did not protect African-Americans, so the 14th Amendment was made. The…

college, he decided to join the ministry and finished college at nineteen (15-6). In 1948, King entered Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania. During his time at Crozer, he read a great deal from various philosophers such as Walter Rauschenbusch, Karl Marx, and more. He also attended many lectures and he eventually listened to Dr. Mordecai Johnson. Dr. Johnson returned from his trip in India and spoke of the life of Mahatma Gandhi and his use of nonviolence to achieve social…

Social Darwinism, Populism, and Progressivism The sweeping changes the United States experienced during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century occurred throughout four “revolutions,” concerning both social and economic sectors. The first of these transformed a subsistence agricultural system into a cash-crop, profit based system that exposed “farmers to markets, the business cycle, monopolies, and politics” (688). The second revolution saw the formation of a working class,…

The movement sought to extend the love of Jesus Christ by encouraging equality in society and opposing social Darwinism. Some of the most famous proponents of this movement founded in the 1880s were Washington Gladden and Walter Rauschenbusch (Schultz 2013). 2. METHODS USED BY THE VARIOUS STATES TO BRING OUT REFORMS DURING PROGRESSIVE ERA In the pace of the progressive reform movement, reformists realized that the movement was fulfillable politically. With that in mind, they attempted…