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Walter Rauschenbusch (view source)
Revision as of 03:08, September 12, 2015
, 03:08, September 12, 2015Brotherhood information from Bliss' "New Encyclopedia", 1908
The International Young Men's Christian Association in 1916 distributed over 20,000 copies of a little book prepared for their use by this man, entitled, "The Principles of Jesus." During the war, his books were translated into Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Japanese.
The International Young Men's Christian Association in 1916 distributed over 20,000 copies of a little book prepared for their use by this man, entitled, "The Principles of Jesus." During the war, his books were translated into Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Japanese.
==Activism==
in 1892, Rauschenbusch founded the Brotherhood of the Kingdom<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=S97aXwAACAAJ Spirit and Aims of the Brotherhood of the Kingdom]</ref> with his friends Leighton Williams and Nathaniel Schmidt.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RdseBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA151|last1=Frederick|first1=Peter J.|title=Knights of the Golden Rule: The Intellectual as Christian Social Reformer in the 1890s|date=2015|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0813162898|pages=151}}</ref>
This organization was mainly of the Baptist denomination, of the earnest work of two men in New York City, but it grew to become nondenominational. Its aim was to work for the kingdom of God in the most inclusive sense. The eight principles and methods of the brotherhood were as follows:<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xJMDAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA133|[[William Dwight Porter Bliss]]|title=The New Encyclopedia of Social Reform: Including All Social Reform Movements and Activities, and the Economic, Industrial, and Sociological Facts and Statistics of All Countries and All Social Objects|date=1908|pages=133}}</ref>
(1) Every member shall by personal life exemplify obedience to the ethics of Jesus.<br />
(2) Each member shall propagate the thoughts of Jesus to the limits of his or her ability, in private conversation, by correspondence, and through pulpit, platform, and press.<br />
(3) Each member shall lay special stress on the social aims of Christianity, and shall endeavor to make Christ's teaching co-iceming wealth operative in the Church.<br />
(4) On the other hand, the members shall take pains to keep in contact with the common people, and to infuse the rr-Ii^ious spirit into the efforts for social amelioration.<br />
(5) The members shall seek to strengthen the bond of brotherhood by frequent meetings for prayer and discussion, by correspondence, exchange of articles written, etc.<br />
(6) Regular reports shall be made of the work done by members in such manner as the executive committee may appoint.<br />
(7) The members shall seek to procure for one another opportunities for public propaganda.<br />
(8) If necessary, they shall give their support to one another ta the public defense of the truth, and shall jealously guard the freedom of discussion for any man who is impelled by love of the truth to utter his thoughts.
No sectarian or theological tests are required of members.
The brotherhood had an executive committee of five, with power to manage all ordinary business.
==Death==
==Death==