Overview
Carter advances a new interpretation of the origins of American Social Christianity. While historians have often attributed the rise of the Social Gospel to middle-class ministers, seminary professors, and social reformers, he places working people at the very center of the story. Leading readers into the thick of late-19th-century Chicago's tumultuous history, Carter shows that countless working-class believers participated in the heated debates over the implications of Christianity for industrializing society, often with as much fervor as they did in other contests over wages and the length of the workday.
- | Author: Heath W. Carter
- | Publisher: Oxford University Press
- | Publication Date: Dec 01, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 296 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/History
- | ISBN-10: 0190847379
- | ISBN-13: 9780190847371
