Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
8-1-1956
Document Type
Article
Keywords
social gospel, rauschenbusch, industrial revolution, lutheranism missouri synod
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
On the whole, it appears that American Lutheranism was oblivious to the writings of Walter Rauschenbusch. An examination of Lehre und Wehre, the theological journal of the Missouri Synod during the years of his ascendancy, failed to uncover a single reference to the "prophet of the Social Gospel." When he was mentioned in Lutheran circles, he was usually stigmatized as the villain of American Protestantism. His name was associated with all the ignominy heaped on the social gospel. He became the favorite "whipping boy" for those denouncing the trend toward Modernism. Perhaps he was not given a fair hearing. At least there seemed to be no appreciation of his prophetic powers in discerning so clearly the social and religious reverberations of the industrial revolution.
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Amos 6:1-4;
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Moellering, R. L.
(1956)
"Rauschenbusch in Retrospect,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 27, Article 45.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol27/iss1/45
