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Walter Rauschenbusch (view source)
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Rauschenbusch was greatly influenced by the works of [[Henry George]], and attended a 'single tax' rally in the first year of his pastorate.<ref>[http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/bce/rauschenbusch.htm Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918)], [[Boston University]]</ref> He credits George with his "awakening" to the social problems of the day:
Rauschenbusch was greatly influenced by the works of [[Henry George]], and attended a 'single tax' rally in the first year of his pastorate.<ref>[http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/bce/rauschenbusch.htm Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918)], [[Boston University]]</ref> He credits George with his "awakening" to the social problems of the day:
{{quotation|I owe my own first awakening to the world of social problems to the agitation of Henry George in 1886, and wish here to record my lifelong debt to this single-minded apostle of a great truth.<br /><br />''Christianizing the Social Order'', page 394.<ref>''Christianizing the Social Order'', page 394.</ref>}}
{{quotation|I owe my own first awakening to the world of social problems to the agitation of Henry George in 1886, and wish here to record my lifelong debt to this single-minded apostle of a great truth.<br /><br />''Christianizing the Social Order'', page 394.<ref>''Christianizing the Social Order'', page 394.</ref>}}
George's imprint on Rauschenbusch stimulated him to start writing.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PH9gR5erxrwC&pg=PA104|last1=Smucker|first1=Donovan|title=Origins of Walter Rauschenbusch's Social Ethics|date=1994|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|pages=104}}</ref> In 1887, he published his "first paper on the social question" titled "Henry George".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v_88AAAAIAAJ|last1=Bodein|first1=Vernon P|title=The social gospel of Walter Rauschenbusch and its relation to religious education|date=1944|publisher=Yale University Press|pages=4}}</ref>
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