While there were many ministers who advocated the 'social gospel' the majority remained orthodox in their belief and teaching.
The social gospel is best preached by someone who burns with zeal rather than sexual desire and has espoused God alone.
She later wrote that Frank Nixon's version of the social gospel inclined her politically toward socialism.
He was even more concerned about the corrupting influence of politics on Christianity and saw the social gospel as a terrible warning.
The social gospel has not fared well at the hands of historians and theologians.
Ivens began his ministerial career at a time when the social gospel was on the rise in Canada.
As such, these beliefs have helped create the emphasis of the social gospel in the Methodist Church.
This category can include Liberation theology and the doctrine of the social gospel.
While I think he is right to criticise those who propounded a social gospel earlier in the century he does so for the wrong reason.
He later became a Presbyterian minister, pacifist, and proponent of the social gospel.