Category:Social Gospel

Josiah Strong (1847–1916) 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 brought to Christ.

=Baptized in the of Revolution: The American Social Gospel and the YMCA in ...= By Jun Xing Chün Hsing, Jun Xing

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"Definitely, there was a connection between the rejection of the social gospel gradualism and the acceptance of communism among many Chinese YMCA secretaries.  For some YMCA leaders, Christianity and communism shifted from complementary to competing doctrines.  By the mid-1930s, communism seemed to offer a revolutionary technique and ideology which was more complete and better suited to China's salvation than Christianity."

'T.C. Chao critically commented that, "The up-to-date Chinese Christian is really at heart and in spirit a Confucianist under a different name; for the force of circumstances has turned Jesus into a Confucious." '

From Chapter 4: Christianizing the Social Order: 1925-1931
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Kaing Wen Han