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'''Walter Rauschenbusch''' (1861-1918) was an American theologian and a major leader of the [[Social Gospel]] movement, the religious side of the [[Progressive Movement]] in the United States.   

'''Walter Rauschenbusch''' (1861-1918) was an American theologian and a major leader of the [[Social Gospel]] movement, the religious side of the [[Progressive Movement]] in the United States.  He is best known for his books ''Christianity and the Social Crisis'' and ''Theology for the Social Gospel''.  At the time, he was celebrated for his reinterpretation of Christianity for a social viewpoint.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XhcrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT203|title=The New World: A Monthly Journal of Christian Thought and Practice, Volume 1|date=1918}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-0-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA318|publisher=The American Review of Reviews, Volume 58|title=Walter Rauschenbusch, Interpreter of Social Christianity|date=1918}}</ref>

==Early Life==

==Early Life==

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>

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><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5rZw3B4pw0C&pg=PA73|title=The Social Gospel: Religion and Reform in Changing America|date=1976|publisher=Temple University Press|isbn=978-0877220848|pages=73}}</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|author=[[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><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5rZw3B4pw0C&pg=PA73|title=The Social Gospel: Religion and Reform in Changing America|date=1976|publisher=Temple University Press|isbn=978-0877220848|pages=73}}</ref>

(1) Every member shall by personal life exemplify obedience to the ethics of Jesus.<br />

(1) Every member shall by personal life exemplify obedience to the ethics of Jesus.<br />

The brotherhood had an executive committee of five, with power to manage all ordinary business.

The brotherhood had an executive committee of five, with power to manage all ordinary business.

==Death==

==Death==

==References==

==References==

[[Category:Theologians]]

[[Category:Theologians]]