Rauschenbusch, Walter

Japanese: ラウシェンブッシュ（英語表記）Rauschenbusch， Walter

Born October 4, 1861 in Rochester
Died: July 25, 1918, Rochester. American Baptist theologian. Leader of the Social Gospel movement in America. After studying in Germany, he studied at the University of Rochester and the Theological Seminary. He served as pastor of the Second Baptist Church, located near the slums of New York City, where many German immigrants and workers lived. He became interested in social salvation after experiencing the poverty of his congregants and the resulting physical and mental disabilities. He was a professor of New Testament studies at Rochester Theological Seminary (1897-1902) and a professor of church history at the same university, and preached that in order to save individuals from the evils of capitalist economy, the economic order must be reformed according to Christian principles. His main works are "Christianity and the Social Crisis" (07), "Prayers of the Social Awakening" (10), "Christianizing the Social Order" (12), and "A Theology for the Social Gospel" (17).

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Japanese:

[生]1861.10.4. ロチェスター
[没]1918.7.25. ロチェスター
アメリカのバプテスト神学者。アメリカにおける社会的福音運動の指導者。ドイツに留学後ロチェスター大学と神学校で学ぶ。ドイツからの移民や労働者の多く住むニューヨークの貧民街に近い第2バプテスト教会の牧師をつとめ，信徒の貧困とそれに由来する肉体的・精神的障害を体験して，社会的救済に関心をもつようになった。ロチェスター神学校の新約聖書学教授 (1897～1902) ，同大学教会史教授をつとめるかたわら，資本主義経済の弊害から個人を救うには，キリスト教的原則によって経済的秩序を改革しなければならないと説いた。主著"Christianity and the Social Crisis" (07) ，"Prayers of the Social Awakening" (10) ，"Christianizing the Social Order" (12) ，"A Theology for the Social Gospel" (17) 。

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