Date of Award
1954
Document Type
Senior Scholars Paper (Open Access)
Department
Colby College. Religious Studies Dept.
Advisor(s)
Richard Gilman
Second Advisor
Clifford H. Osborne
Third Advisor
John G. Clark
Abstract
In this paper I have attempted to present a summary of my exposition of the theology of Rauschenbusch and Niebuhr, and of my own understanding of the issues of Christian Social Action. I have tried to reproduce in this short space the thought of these men, in a manner which should make it comprehensible and which should relate it to the larger questions of social action. This year’s work as a Senior Scholar has proved invaluable because of the discipline of self-directed study which the work taught, and because of myriad possibilities of future investigation which it has suggested. I hope that someday this present manuscript may be expanded into something more substantial. The personal value of such a project, in my opinion, must be measured by the contribution which the project makes to the individual’s general experience, and not merely by the written work which is produced. Therefore, although this manuscript is rather brief, it represents a great deal of value which I feel that I can measure only by my own experience.
Keywords
Walter Rauschenbusch, Reinhold Niebuhr, Christian Social Action, Theology
Recommended Citation
Sleeper, Charles Freeman, "A Study in the Theology of Christian Social Action" (1954). Senior Scholar Papers. Paper 239.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/seniorscholars/239
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