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The New World-Life (New York, 1913), viii Google Scholar; Strong, Josiah, My Religion in Everyday Life (New York, 1910), 38 – 39 Google Scholar; Strong, Josiah, Religious Movements for Social Betterment (New York, 1900), 17 Google Scholar; Strong, Josiah, “ The Disproportionate Growth of the City,” Social Service.
Josiah Strong, from Book News, 1893. Josiah Strong (April 14, 1847 – June 26, 1916) was an American Protestant clergyman, organizer, editor, and author. He was a leader of the Social Gospel movement, calling for social justice and combating social evils. He supported missionary work so that all races could be improved and uplifted and thereby ...
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Social Darwinists such as Josiah Strong believed that American civilization was superior to others and that it was an American's duty to diffuse its benefits. Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote an influential thesis declaring that throughout history, those that controlled the seas controlled the world.
tions as well as a means of explaining the social message of Jesus. As Strong developed his religious views in a steady stream of ser-mons, addresses, articles and books, he wove into his discussions an explanation of the nature of society, of social problems and of social reforms,. Josiah Strong's social philosophy was a vital part of his social
Aug 21, 2014 · The prophecies of Rush, Beecher, and Finney were by now axiomatic to American religion. Josiah Strong, general secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, referred to civil liberty and reformed Christianity when he wrote in 1886: “The depositary of these two greatest blessings sustains peculiar relations to the world’s future.” 8 Close
minister Josiah Strong between his entering the national stage in 1885 and his death in 1916. Strong’s early theological discourse explicitly engaged in projects of racial and national supremacy but eventually became detached from these explicit markers; yet, as I argue, his work continues to
Congregational minister and onetime home missionary Josiah Strong (1847–1916) is perhaps best known for his militant advocacy of American expansion. He was also, however, an early leader of the Social Gospel movement who urged the reform of society to cope with the problems of an industrial era.