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    The Social Gospel The Social Gospel is the idea of social problems being looked and fixed with a Christian point of view. The Gospel will always stay the same and we should refer the Social Gospel as living out the Gospel. The goal of the Social Gospel Movement was to tie salvation and good work together. They thought people should live the life of a Jesus Christ. Classes, counseling, job training and libraries were provided by churches to act according to the Social Gospel. The origins and

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    Social Justice in the Gospel of Luke Scott Joseph Tabor ID/LR 5001 Foundations of Integrative Thought Social Justice in the Gospel of Luke When reading through the book of Luke, specifically Luke 4:16-30 social justice comes front and center almost immediately as Jesus is handed a scroll of the book of Isaiah. Jesus, not being one to shy away from teaching, read this book out loud and brought focus to an issue that many of us face today. The question of who is the Gospel for? Who are we as Christians

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    If the Gospel of John is about light overcoming the dark and Mark about the miracles and actions of Jesus. If Luke is the one most concerned with social justice, then Matthew is the one who wants us to know that, if we remember one thing about Jesus' life, it should be his teachings. We know that it was important to Matthew because it's what he emphasizes in his text. The Sermon on the Mount, which we begin today, is not only the longest segment of teaching in Matthew, it is larger than the comparable

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    to two particular theories: Social Darwinism and Social Gospel, and their arguments as to which theory best strengthens the nation. As with most topics, different views are presented, but it is up to the individual to study opposing views and determine what theology they support. They can then share those views and choose to oppose differing views. Your Score ___ of 20 Merriam-Webster encyclopedia defines Social Darwinism as: an extension of Darwinism to social phenomena; specifically: a sociological

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    The differences in social Darwinism and the Social Gospel movement were very opinionated among the followers of each movement. Social Darwinism was the belief that the gap in the rich and the poor was explained by Darwin’s theory of evolution. Survival of the fittest. They simply interpreted Darwin’s theories to fit their belief that the social developments between the poor and rich in society were a given and natural course for lives to take. Social Gospel believed that the rich should help the

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    Compare and Contrast Social Darwinism and Social Gospel Social Darwinism is based on Charles Darwins thoery of natural evalution. They based a persons fitness off of weath, social status, and property. Poor poeple were seen as lazy, and less fit to survive. They decided that anyone could have a good work ethic, intelligence, and perserverance. Supported the idea of goverment policies should not regulate the market place or atempt social reform. Social Darwinism was also used by Andrew Caenagie and

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    was an advocate for social Darwinism. Sumner said, “There is an old ecclesiastical prejudice in favor of the poor and against the rich.” As a social Darwinist, he objected to this prejudice as he saw it. Advocates of the movement known as the Social Gospel, on the other hand, would have approved of the “ecclesiastical prejudice.” Social Darwinism and Social Gospel are two totally opposite practices. One cares about others and the others and the other cares about wealth. Social Darwinism was proposed

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    2010 Rauschenbusch, Walter. A Theology for the Social Gospel. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1917. 279 pp. Culturally speaking, Walter Rauschenbusch may have been years ahead of his time. From the very first chapter of his most famous work, Rauschenbusch’s passion for social justice is quite evident. He certainly had his finger on the pulse of his current generation, noting the compelling movement of the college students of his day to social service (3). It could be argued that the current

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    Luke’s Gospel is a portrayal of Jesus as a model of social justice. Hence, the reader is empowered and influenced by the Gospel to be actively involved in social justice issues. The Catholic Church has sought to reach out to those in need, and Luke’s Gospel demonstrates this through injustices that Jesus challenged. In addition, mental illness, which is a current social justice issue reflects and appeals to problems that Jesus faced and reacted to in his time. Luke’s Gospel greatly emphasizes

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    The Social Gospel

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    The social gospel was developed by the protestants during their movement in which they had incorporated Christian ethics to combat the problems that had arisen due to hasty suburbanization as well as industrialization which included but not limited to poverty, crime and lack of education and nutrition. The social gospel was used to make sure that the problems of society where addressed and not cast away and ignored as ignoring the problems was looked downed upon as its everyone’s reasonability to

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