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The Social Gospel Movement was a movement brought on by Protestants in the Progressive Era. They believed that Christ would not come until all social ills were exterminated, which included drinking and gambling.
The social gospel movement and Catholic social teaching played influential roles in the progressive search for economic fairness and justice in the 20th century
The Third Great Awakening was a period of religious activism in American history from the late 1850s to the early 1900s
May 27, 1924 At a meeting in Maryland, the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church repealed a ban on dancing and theater attendance for church members.
October 08, 1924 At a meeting in New York City, the National Lutheran Conference banned the playing of jazz music in the local churches.
War and the economic depression caused many to turn to God and others to turn away from him
In the 1900s, Americans were frightened by the religious threat of the Roman Catholic Church and the suspected imperialistic intentions of its leader, the pope
In different ways classical social thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th century all thought that religion would either disappear or become progressively attenuated with the expansion of modern institutions
The confluence of Social Gospel preaching and muckraking journalism helped to form the popular support that underpinned the early Progressive movement. Early reform politicians like Theodore Roosevelt depended on socially aware Christians for much of their support
The Ku Klux Klan resurgence in 1915 included Catholics along with blacks and Jews as victims of their hate attacks
Many religious authorities during this time, most notably the Catholic Church, viewed liberalism as a “sin” and worked hard to stop its spread in Europe and America before reconciling Catholic teaching with liberal democracy
It was around 1900, give or take a generation, that religious fundamentalism took form in reaction to the growing role of science
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