Evangelical Christians around the world have debated for years the extent to which they should be involved in ministries of social action and concern.
In Evangelicals and Social Action Ian J. Shaw offers clarity to these debates by tracing the historical involvement of the evangelical church with issues of social action. Focusing on thinking and practices from John Wesley, one of the architects of eighteenth century evangelicalism, to John Stott’s work in the second half of the twentieth century, he explores whether evangelism and social action really have been intimately related throughout the history of the church as Stott contended.
After an overview of Christian social action prior to Wesley, from the early church through to the eighteenth century, Evangelicals and Social Action explores in detail responses from the evangelical church around the world to eighteen key issues of social action and concern – including poverty, racial equality, addiction, children ‘at risk, ‘ slavery, unemployment, and learning disability – encountered between the 1730s and the 1970s. Drawn from a wide range of contexts, these examples illuminate and clarify how Evangelical Christianity has viewed and been a part of ministries of social action over the last three centuries.
With an assessment of the issues raised by this historical survey and its implications for evangelicals in the contemporary world, Evangelicals and Social Action is a book that will help better inform the debates around the evangelical church and social action still happening today. This is a book for anyone wanting to deepen their knowledge of the history of the evangelical church, and anyone wanting to better understand Christian social action from an evangelical perspective.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Part 1
THE BROADER PICTURE
1a Christian gospel proclamation and social action: from the early church to the Reformation 9
1b Christian gospel proclamation and social action: from the eighteenth century to the twentieth 17
Part 2
EVANGELISM AND SOCIAL ACTION: RESPONSES TO KEY ISSUES AND
CHARACTER STUDIES EVANGELICALS AND ISSUES OF ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION
2 Care for the poor 29
Character study: John Wesley (1703-91) – England
3 Disaster relief 43
Character study: David Hill (1840-96) – China
4 Care for the unemployed and employees 56
Character study: Lord Shaftesbury (1801-85) – England
5 Action to improve housing conditions 70
Character study: Titus Salt (1803-76) – England
EVANGELICALS AND EDUCATION ISSUES
6 Day schooling 85
Character study: Hannah More (1745-1833) – England
7 Sunday schools 100
Character study: Henrietta Mears (1890-1963) – USA
8 Care for street children 115
Character study: Thomas Guthrie (1803-73) – Scotland
EVANGELICALS AND PEOPLE AT RISK
9 Care for orphans 131
Character study: George Muller (1805-98) – England
10 Care for children at risk 145
Character study: Amy Carmichael (1867-1951) – India
11 Care for people with mental illness and children
with learning disabilities 159
Character study: Andrew Reed (1787-1862) – England
EVANGELICALS AND ISSUES OF RACE
12 Campaigning against slave trading and slave ownership 173
Character study: William Wilberforce (1759-1833) – England
13 Racial equality and the protection of minority ethnic groups 188
Character study: Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831) – USA
EVANGELICALS AND ISSUES OF HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
14 Medical mission 203
Character study: Clara Swain (1834-1910) – India
15 Care for people with alcohol addiction 217
Character study: William Booth (1829-1912) and Catherine Booth (1829-90) – England
16 Care for people with drug addiction 232
Character study: Hsi Liao-chih (1836-96) – China
17 Care for the elderly and those with incurable illness 246
Character study: Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) – England
EVANGELICAL RESPONSES TO ISSUES OF SOCIAL AND FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
18 Rescue of prostitutes 261
Character study: Josephine Butler (1828-1906) – England
19 Prison reform and care for prisoners 276
Character study: Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) – England
Conclusion 291
Index 299
Sobre o autor
Ian J. Shaw is Chief Executive Officer of the OPAL Trust, a ministry dedicated to serving Christian leaders and churches in the majority world with Bibles and evangelical literature. He has been involved in leadership positions in theological education for over twenty-five years, in Glasgow, South Wales, and internationally with Langham Partnership. His previous books include
Christianity: The Biography,
Churches, Revolutions And Empires: 1789-1914,
High Calvinists in Action: Calvinism and the City,
William Gadsby and
The Greatest is Charity.
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