Social Christianity

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Movements Social Gospel · Theological Realism Liberation Theology · Radical Orthodoxy Christian Socialism · Christian Political Economy

Key Thinkers Adam Smith · Thomas Malthus · William Godwin Reinhold Niebuhr · Walter Rauschenbusch F. D. Maurice · Charles Kingsley Stewart Headlam · John Ludlow · Charles Gore Gustavo Gutiérrez · Washington Gladden William Temple · D. Stephen Long

Concepts Scarcity · Middle Axioms

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Social Christianity incorporates all those schools of thought and theological movements that focus how Christianity influences society. It considers that Christianity should be an ethical voice within economics and politics.

Contents 1 Beginnings 2 Christian Socialism 2.1 Emergence: 1848-1854 2.2 Radical and Reformist: 1877-1914 3 The Social Gospel 4 Theological Realism 5 Middle Axioms 6 The Ecumenical Movement 7 Liberation Theology 8 Radical Orthodoxy

[edit] Beginnings

Social Christianity began in 1798 with Malthus' Essay on the Principle of Population.

[edit] Christian Socialism

[edit] Emergence: 1848-1854

[edit] Radical and Reformist: 1877-1914

[edit] The Social Gospel

[edit] Theological Realism

[edit] Middle Axioms

[edit] The Ecumenical Movement

[edit] Liberation Theology

[edit] Radical Orthodoxy