Social Reconstruction: American Catholics Radical Response to the Social Gospel Movement and Progressives

Autor/in	Lubienecki, Paul
Titel	Social Reconstruction: American Catholics Radical Response to the Social Gospel Movement and Progressives
Quelle	In: Journal of Catholic Education, 24 (2021) 1, S.83-106, Artikel 5 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2164-0246
Schlagwörter	Social Problems; Catholics; Social Change; Activism; Protestants; Inclusion; Labor; Problem Solving; Industrialization; Historiography; Christianity; Economic Development; Political Attitudes; Lay People; Religious Factors; Social Attitudes; War; Patriotism; Church Role; Clergy; Public Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social problem; Soziales Problem; Katholik; Sozialer Wandel; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Protestantism; Protestantismus; Inklusion; Problemlösen; Industrialisation; Industrialisierung; Geschichtsschreibung; Christentum; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Laie; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Krieg; Patriotismus; Kirchenbild; Klerus; Öffentliche Ordnung
Abstract	At the fin de siècle the Industrial Revolution created egregious physical, emotional and spiritual conditions for American society and especially for the worker but who would come forward to alleviate those conditions? Protestants implemented their Social Gospel Movement as a proposed cure to these problems. Secular Progressives engaged in a more activist role both materially and through legislation. Both of these groups had limited successes with disappointing outcomes. America's Catholics, more accustomed to living and working in industrialized neighborhoods, eventually developed their own programs and agenda to address social and labor concerns. However some scholars believed that Catholic efforts merely replicated what others had achieved. It was the actions of America's Catholics in answer to these issues that propelled them onto the national scene with a sense of purpose, inclusion and equality. This paper examines each group to ascertain their programs, relevant accomplishments and demonstrate how resolutions to solve social and labor problems proceeded yet stagnated for some. For America's Catholics their agenda for social reconstruction empowered them to assert themselves as equals with a long lasting viable program of future corrective action. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Loyola Marymount University. School of Education 1 LMU Drive, University Hall Suite 1760, Los Angles, CA 90045. e-mail: catholicedjournal@lmu.edu; Web site: http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/ce
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01