Examines a small but highly articulate group of American Christians of diverse religious traditions for whom the American Socialist movement held a primarily religious and moral attraction, despite an anti-religious reputation and the anti-religious worldview of many members.
Introduction
"The Oldest and Youngest of the Idealistic Forces at Work in Our
Civilization": Encounters Between Christianity and Socialism by
Jacob H. Dorn
"An Active and Unceasing Campaign of Social Education": J. Stitt
Wilson and Herronite Socialist Christianity by Douglas Firth
Anderson
From Slavery to Socialism: George Washington Woodbey, Black
Socialist Preacher by Philip S. Foner
A Path Approaching Full Circle: Kate Richards O'Hare by Sally M.
Miller
"A Spiritual and Moral Socialism": Franklin Spencer Spalding and
Christian Socialism, 1901-1914 by John R. Sillito
"Not a Substitute for Religion, but a Means of Fulfilling It": The
Sacramental Socialism of Irwin St. John Tucker by Jacob H. Dorn
Christianity, Democracy, and Socialism: Bouck White's Kingdom of
Self-Respect by Mary E. Kenton
Millionaire Socialist and Omnist Episcopalian: J. G. Phelps
Stokes's Political and Spiritual Search for the "All" by Robert D.
Reynolds, Jr.
Essay on Sources by Jacob H. Dorn
Index
JACOB H. DORN is Professor of History, Wright State University. His publications focus on religion in the public sector and include a biography of Washington Gladden and essays and articles on the Social Gospel and urban religion.
"This is a significant contribution to the study of a topic that
has often been clouded by the enthsiasms of Christian historians
keen to prove the relevance of the church and by the impatience of
socialist historians with religious reforms....Every article is
exceedingly well documented and the Essay on Sources' (223-37) is a
genuine treasure....[A] book that has pushed forward the scholarly
frontier on this topic."-Church History
?Dorn's volume of biographical profiles provides students of the
Progressive Era with a useful supplement to the studies of the
major figures of that period.?-Choice
?The authors very aptly focus on the Socialist involvement of their
subjects....Dorn's fine collection gives us a start on what can be
done.?-Anglican and Episcopal History
?There is a rich tapestry of personalities and issues presented
here that will whet the appetites of researchers for years to
come.?-Labor History
?This is a significant contribution to the study of a topic that
has often been clouded by the enthsiasms of Christian historians
keen to prove the relevance of the church and by the impatience of
socialist historians with religious reforms....Every article is
exceedingly well documented and the Essay on Sources' (223-37) is a
genuine treasure....[A] book that has pushed forward the scholarly
frontier on this topic.?-Church History
"Dorn's volume of biographical profiles provides students of the
Progressive Era with a useful supplement to the studies of the
major figures of that period."-Choice
"The authors very aptly focus on the Socialist involvement of their
subjects....Dorn's fine collection gives us a start on what can be
done."-Anglican and Episcopal History
"There is a rich tapestry of personalities and issues presented
here that will whet the appetites of researchers for years to
come."-Labor History
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