Texas Baptist Leadership and Social Christianity, 1900-1980 by John W. Storey

By John W. Storey

The social upheavals of the 20 th century have elicited the gamut of responses from prepared faith. The “social gospel” in northern Protestant circles was once a reaction to ills from quick industrialization, and its activism rested upon a liberal theology severe of traditional Protestantism. The “social Christianity” that built within the extra rural South, nonetheless, was once deeply rooted in theological conservatism, and it justified its demand social motion with the Bible. In Texas, the responses of Southern Baptists to social difficulties have ranged from an emphasis on person sin to a growing to be knowledge of the social imperatives of Christianity. considering that 1950 Texas Baptists have led the Southern Baptists conference in using the “good information” to lifestyle. The personalities that introduced social wisdom to Texas Baptists—Joseph M. Dawson, T. B. Maston, Acker C. Miller, Foy Valentine, Jimmy Allen, James Dunn—saw no contradiction among evangelism and social Christianity. The impression of those males and others and their direct efforts have been the strength at the back of the Christian lifestyles fee. This hugely readable background of the improvement of social considering between Texas Baptists displays the author’s cautious use of oral memoirs and private interviews. It highlights one denomination’s influence on heritage and its reaction to altering social stipulations within the New South.

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49 Baptists of this persuasion increasingly suggested that the church should expand its vision to include society as well as the individual.  35, 39.  7.  91. "53 Evangelism, then, continued to be the major thrust of Texas Baptist life, but recognition of the social aspects of the gospel was growing.  18­20.  6.  7.  20. Page 30 54 sociate social Christianity with theological liberalism, against which they were ever vigilant. 55 As Routh saw it, there was no reason why Texas Baptists could not remain true to their conservative faith while coming to grips with social problems.

2.  2.  2. 49 Baptists of this persuasion increasingly suggested that the church should expand its vision to include society as well as the individual.  35, 39.  7.  91. "53 Evangelism, then, continued to be the major thrust of Texas Baptist life, but recognition of the social aspects of the gospel was growing.  18­20.  6.  7.  20. Page 30 54 sociate social Christianity with theological liberalism, against which they were ever vigilant. 55 As Routh saw it, there was no reason why Texas Baptists could not remain true to their conservative faith while coming to grips with social problems.

Burleson, a pioneer Texas minister and educator who was president of Baylor at Waco from 1886 to 1897, had always impressed upon students the importance of good citizenship and good government.  1, 9.  1.  1.  35.  2.  29­30.  In that florid nineteenth­century style of oratory for which he was famous, Neff, then county attorney of McLennan County, grandiloquently described the Christian citizen.  2, 8.  10.  1.  4­5.  2.  2.  2. 49 Baptists of this persuasion increasingly suggested that the church should expand its vision to include society as well as the individual.

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