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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 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>

'''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==

Walter Rauschenbusch was born in Rochester, N. Y., on the 4th of October, 1861. He was the child of a minister, a descendant of a long line of ministers and university graduates. His father came to America in 1845, became a Baptist, and went to work among the German immigrants who were then pouring into this country. For thirty years he was professor in the German department of the Rochester Theological Seminary.  Walter was bilingual, and was very well educated in American and German schools.

Walter Rauschenbusch was born in Rochester, N. Y., on the 4th of October, 1861. He was the child of a minister, a descendant of a long line of ministers and university graduates. His father came to America in 1845, became a Baptist, and went to work among the German immigrants who were then pouring into this country. For thirty years he was professor in the German department of the Rochester Theological Seminary.  Walter was bilingual, and was very well educated in American and German schools.

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=-nJJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA369 Walter Rauschenbusch], Biography

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=-nJJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA369 Walter Rauschenbusch], Biography

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Washington Gladden]]

* [[Washington Gladden]]

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==External Links==

==External links==

* [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34246 Works by Walter Rauschenbusch] at [[Project Gutenberg]]

* [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34246 Works by Walter Rauschenbusch] at [[Project Gutenberg]]