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Author Bourgeois, Michael, 1956-

Title All things human : Henry Codman Potter and the social gospel in the Episcopal Church / Michael Bourgeois
Published Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, [2004]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Studies in Anglican history
Studies in Anglican history.
Contents A many-sided mission -- Brotherhood and inequality -- The work and well-being of women -- Political righteousness -- Reconciling labor and capital -- A work for a whole life
Summary In addition to being the sixth bishop of the Diocese of New York, Henry Codman Potter (1835-1908) was a prominent voice in the Social Gospel movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book, the first in-depth study of Potter's life and work, examines his career in the Episcopal church as well as the origins and legacy of his progressive social views. As industrialization and urbanization spread in the nineteenth century, the Social Gospel movement sought to apply Christian teachings to effect improvements in the lives of the less fortunate. Potter was firmly in this tradition, concerning himself especially with issues of race, the place of women in society, questions of labor and capital, and what he called "political righteousness." Placing Potter against the wider backdrop of nineteenth-century American Protestantism, Bourgeois explores the experiences and influences that led him to espouse these socially conscious beliefs, to work for social reform, and to write such works as Sermons of the City (1881) and The Citizen in His Relation to the Industrial Situation (1902). In telling Potter's remarkable story, All Things Human stands as a valuable contribution to intellectual and religious history as well as an exploration of the ways in which religion and society interact
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index
Notes English
Description based on print version record
Subject Potter, Henry Codman, 1834-1908.
SUBJECT Potter, Henry Codman, 1834-1908 fast
Subject Episcopal Church -- Doctrines -- History
SUBJECT Episcopal Church fast
Subject Social gospel.
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Anglican.
Social gospel
Theology, Doctrinal
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019717326
ISBN 9780252090578
0252090578
128313554X
9781283135542
9786613135544
6613135542