"Mission in the City": The contribution of the Social Gospel to the protestant missionary debate

Authors

  • Carmen Márquez Beunza Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Keywords:

Social Gospel, mission, milenarism, calvinism, puritanism, evangelism

Abstract

This article explores the Social Gospel movement, considered as the most distinctive contribution of the American Churches to Christianity, and its understanding of the Christian mission. This movement tried to rethink the Church’s mission in the new secular, capitalist and industrial society born in the United Sates at the end of the nineteenth century. Special attention is paid to its roots on Puritanism and its subsequent influences. Finally, this article shows the influence of the Social Gospel on the ecumenical and missionary movement and its contribution to the twentieth century missionary debate.

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Author Biography

Carmen Márquez Beunza, Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Carmen Márquez estudió en la Universidad de Valencia, donde se licenció en Derecho y en la Universidad Pontificia Comillas, donde se doctoró en Teología, con la tesis "Las Iglesias cristianas ante el apartheid en Sudáfrica: un análisis teológico del documento Kairós", galardonada con los premios Bartolomé de las Casas de la Universidad de Friburgo y José María Ramón de San Pedro de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas. En 2002 comenzó su docencia en la Facultad de Teología de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Actualmente imparte las asignaturas "Evangelización y culturas", "Introducción al cristianismo" y "Cristianismo y ética social". Desde el año 2015 es Jefe de Estudios del TUP (Bachiller en Teología, programa vespertino).

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How to Cite

Márquez Beunza, Carmen. “‘Mission in the City’: The Contribution of the Social Gospel to the Protestant Missionary Debate”. Estudios Eclesiásticos. Revista de investigación e información teológica y canónica 91, no. 356 (September 23, 2016): 59–86. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://revistas.comillas.edu/index.php/estudioseclesiasticos/article/view/7019.

Issue

Vol. 91 No. 356 (2016): Enero-Marzo

Section

Estudios

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