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Rauschenbusch favored a less individual, more collective version of Christianity, believing that it was the future of the faith.  In ''A Theology for the Social Gospel'' he wrote: "If we seek to keep Christian doctrine unchanged, we shall ensure its abandonment."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DHEAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA7 A Theology for the Social Gospel], p. 7</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=uOJ6CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT41&dq=Rauschenbusch+%22to+keep+christian+doctrine+unchanged%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAmoVChMIvv_a0IqMyQIVBuEmCh0lqQqF#v=onepage&q=Rauschenbusch%20%22to%20keep%20christian%20doctrine%20unchanged%22&f=false The War for Righteousness: Progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic Nation]</ref>

Rauschenbusch favored a less individual, more collective version of Christianity, believing that it was the future of the faith.  In ''A Theology for the Social Gospel'' he wrote: "If we seek to keep Christian doctrine unchanged, we shall ensure its abandonment."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DHEAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA7 A Theology for the Social Gospel], p. 7</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=uOJ6CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT41&dq=Rauschenbusch+%22to+keep+christian+doctrine+unchanged%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAmoVChMIvv_a0IqMyQIVBuEmCh0lqQqF#v=onepage&q=Rauschenbusch%20%22to%20keep%20christian%20doctrine%20unchanged%22&f=false The War for Righteousness: Progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic Nation]</ref>

Guided by his belief in the "social" point of view, he noted: "In our country, many of the younger men in the North who have written on theology have shown that the problems of society are a vital concern with them, and their fresh theological work consists largely in understanding the relation between social life and religion."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DHEAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA30 A Theology for the Social Gospel], p. 30</ref>  Rauschenbusch continually sought to bridge his collective point of view with what he believe to be an old, traditional, individualistic Christianity.

Guided by his belief in the "social" point of view, he noted: "In our country, many of the younger men in the North who have written on theology have shown that the problems of society are a vital concern with them, and their fresh theological work consists largely in understanding the relation between social life and religion."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DHEAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA30 A Theology for the Social Gospel], p. 30</ref>  Rauschenbusch continually sought to bridge his collective point of view with what he believed to be an old, traditional, individualistic Christianity.

Quoting Josiah Royce, Rauschenbusch notes: "There are in the human world two profoundly different grades, or levels, of mental beings, - namely, the beings that we usually call human individuals, and the being that we call communities. - Any highly organized community is as truly a human being as you and I are individually human."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DHEAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA71 A Theology for the Social Gospel], p. 71</ref>  He continued: "The assimilative power they exert over their members is only their form of discipline by which they bring their collective body into smooth and efficient working order. They are the most powerful ethical forces in our communities."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DHEAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA72 A Theology for the Social Gospel], p. 72</ref>

Quoting Josiah Royce, Rauschenbusch notes: "There are in the human world two profoundly different grades, or levels, of mental beings, - namely, the beings that we usually call human individuals, and the being that we call communities. - Any highly organized community is as truly a human being as you and I are individually human."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DHEAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA71 A Theology for the Social Gospel], p. 71</ref>  He continued: "The assimilative power they exert over their members is only their form of discipline by which they bring their collective body into smooth and efficient working order. They are the most powerful ethical forces in our communities."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DHEAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA72 A Theology for the Social Gospel], p. 72</ref>