Christianity and the Social Crisis edition by Walter Rauschenbusch Religion Spirituality eBooks
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Published at the beginning of the twentieth century, Christianity and the Social Crisis is the epoch-making book that dramatically expanded the church’s vision of how it could transform the world.
Christianity and the Social Crisis edition by Walter Rauschenbusch Religion Spirituality eBooks
This book is now an unread classic. Is that Because it’s so well written? Or Because it is an extended historical and theological argument for the Christian-ness of socialism? Or Because it is so self-consciously American and democratic? Or Because it is Progressive, from the Progressive Era in US history when the remedies for emerging plutocracy were found in antitrust (breaking up Standard Oil), and regulation (Pure Food and Drug Act), and the progressive income tax, and the inheritance tax, and the Federal Reserve to control the banking system?It was only in the 1950s that the Business Right convinced us that all of this (and the New Deal democratic socialism that followed) was wrong, if not un-Christian, Communist, and pro-Soviet. The Reverend Walter Rauschenbusch knew better in 1912. Later-coming Christians should read him and weep.
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Christianity and the Social Crisis edition by Walter Rauschenbusch Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews
The pages are sideways. Do not buy it until fixed! Almost impossible to read. Get the new version (...in the 21st century).
This reprint (original Book from 1907) opened my eyes 100 years ago there were the same problems that the US has today, This tells me humans are very slow learners. Rauschenbusch,the author,in particular points out a total failure of the religions to address this problem.To day,the only one to say anything is the new Pope Francis. If only the actors,I mean politicians would listen! I recommend this book to all Christian Ministers. The author himself was a Baptist Minister.
I haven't yet read the entirety of Rauschenbusch's classic, and so will not attempt to review in content what others have done far more adequately.
What I will say is that the formatting on this version is AWFUL! I've converted PDF documents to format with greater accessibility than this version has. Please don't be dumb like me and preview the contents before you decide to buy this book! Upon opening, you will find that every scanned page is broken into two separate pages so that there is far less reading fluidity than desirable and, what is worse, the pagination is a mess if you need to turn to a specific passage quickly. Individual word selection function is disabled, so forget using the dictionary function, let alone highlight or note-taking (unless you're satisfied with highlighting a half page and making a specific comment about a general block of text). And to top it off, whatever version was scanned originally had notes and underlining, so you too can benefit from the marginal (meant in both senses of the word) and sporadic notes and scribbles accompanying the text.
Let me be completely clear I'm a cheap-ass, and if I had received this book for free, I would have given it a solid 4 stars for someone's honest, if misguided, attempt to transfer Christianity and the Social Crisis into electronic format without typing a word or even running it through re-formatting software. Because I paid, however, I feel like a dupe. Check the slightly more expensive and less fancy looking version before buying this one...from what I can tell, it even has a table of contents with chapter and sub-chapter hyperlinks. Well worth the extra four bucks...
Rauschenbusch carries you briskly along the thought path of Jesus and the New Testament. His language is crystal clear and refreshing. I have thoroughly enjoy this book, and have followed up with a great deal of Biblical study.
This is a classic statement of early 20th century Christian liberal theology, which is still relevant to social and theological issues in the early 21st century. Rauschenbusch provides creative historical perspectives, including the ancient Hebrew prophets, the social teachings of Jesus, the mission of the 1st century church, the character of the medieval church, and early 20th century stresses in American society. This is an exceptional book for illuminating themes in liberal Christian theology and its potential relevance to contemporary challenges.
The book is decent, but there are some serious errors in it. Words are misspelled, butchered would be the better word for it. In some places the letters (because I can't even call them words) are so disjointed I can't make out what the word was supposed to be. In other places, a footnote appears right in the middle of a paragraph. In still other places, there are what looks like skips in the text? I'm not even sure. It's mostly readable, but it's riddled with errors.
This book is now an unread classic. Is that Because it’s so well written? Or Because it is an extended historical and theological argument for the Christian-ness of socialism? Or Because it is so self-consciously American and democratic? Or Because it is Progressive, from the Progressive Era in US history when the remedies for emerging plutocracy were found in antitrust (breaking up Standard Oil), and regulation (Pure Food and Drug Act), and the progressive income tax, and the inheritance tax, and the Federal Reserve to control the banking system?
It was only in the 1950s that the Business Right convinced us that all of this (and the New Deal democratic socialism that followed) was wrong, if not un-Christian, Communist, and pro-Soviet. The Reverend Walter Rauschenbusch knew better in 1912. Later-coming Christians should read him and weep.
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