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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.  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><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8LI_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA199|publisher=Current Opinion, Volume 64|title=A Reinterpretation of Theology in Social Terms|date=1918}}</ref>

'''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 name=newworld>{{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><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8LI_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA199|publisher=Current Opinion, Volume 64|title=A Reinterpretation of Theology in Social Terms|date=1918}}</ref>

==Early Life==

==Early Life==

==Rise from Obscurity==

==Rise from Obscurity==

Prior to the publication of "''Christianity and the Social Crisis''", Rauschenbusch was a comparatively unknown intellectual.  The book's publication established him as a leading figure in the [[Social Gospel]] movement.

Prior to the publication of "''Christianity and the Social Crisis''", Rauschenbusch was a comparatively unknown intellectual.  The book's publication established him as a leading figure in the [[Social Gospel]] movement.<ref name=newworld />

==Death==

==Death==