100 years ago, the Social Gospel movement pushed to improve workers’ lives – but also to promote its vision of Christian America
- Written by Christina Littlefield, Associate Professor of Communication and Religion, Pepperdine University
Immigrant children from Central Europe at a settlement house in St. Louis.Thomasa.nagel/Wikimedia CommonsPresident Donald Trump has praised the Gilded Age, which he believes was a time of immense national prosperity thanks to tariffs, no income tax, and few regulations on business.
Similar to today, the late 19th century was a time where a small...