This project uses convention documents to explore the relationship between a progressive religious movement and America’s progressive political party. The Social Gospel Movement rose in the early twentieth century as a response to modern industrial realities. It sought the Kingdom of Heaven on earth through progressive policy and church action. It supported the national progressive party of its era, the Republican Party. As the Democratic Party became America’s national progressive party, following the New Deal era, it failed to integrate the Social Gospel into its midst and has since experienced difficulty mobilizing religious voters and defining the sacred. Contemporary Democrats, religious scholars, and clergymen call on the Democratic P...
The American Democratic system is facing new challenges as political polarization increases. Regardl...
Christian Right organizations have been some of the most active and visible influencers of American ...
The Progressive years, from the 1890s to 1919, were the last period of American history during which...
The Social Gospel is a religious social-reform movement prominent in the United States from about 18...
The party coalitions that emerged from the New Deal realignment were defined by race, nationality an...
In the 1970s, a movement arose among white American evangelicals and fundamentalists that has been l...
This dissertation explores how religious teachings about economic injustice and the moral obligation...
This paper surveys evangelical and Catholic social movements in the United States over two centuries...
In recent decades, scholars interested in the role of religion in American public life have largely ...
This study pioneers a church-centered approach to American political development with specific refer...
The party coalitions that emerged from the New Deal realignment were defined by race, nationality an...
Religion in America persisted along traditional Christian lines until the 1870s. It was then that th...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1991A major impulse within the Progressive movement was t...
Even since the pivotal 1980 United States presidential election, historians and political scientists...
17 pagesMitt Romney’s defeat in the 2012 Presidential Election led to rampant speculation, both with...
The American Democratic system is facing new challenges as political polarization increases. Regardl...
Christian Right organizations have been some of the most active and visible influencers of American ...
The Progressive years, from the 1890s to 1919, were the last period of American history during which...
The Social Gospel is a religious social-reform movement prominent in the United States from about 18...
The party coalitions that emerged from the New Deal realignment were defined by race, nationality an...
In the 1970s, a movement arose among white American evangelicals and fundamentalists that has been l...
This dissertation explores how religious teachings about economic injustice and the moral obligation...
This paper surveys evangelical and Catholic social movements in the United States over two centuries...
In recent decades, scholars interested in the role of religion in American public life have largely ...
This study pioneers a church-centered approach to American political development with specific refer...
The party coalitions that emerged from the New Deal realignment were defined by race, nationality an...
Religion in America persisted along traditional Christian lines until the 1870s. It was then that th...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1991A major impulse within the Progressive movement was t...
Even since the pivotal 1980 United States presidential election, historians and political scientists...
17 pagesMitt Romney’s defeat in the 2012 Presidential Election led to rampant speculation, both with...
The American Democratic system is facing new challenges as political polarization increases. Regardl...
Christian Right organizations have been some of the most active and visible influencers of American ...
The Progressive years, from the 1890s to 1919, were the last period of American history during which...