Samuel Zane Batten Collection (7 vols.)
Overview
The Samuel Zane Batten Collection contains seven volumes by this Baptist minister and proponent of social change. Batten argued that Christianity should move beyond a focus on individual salvation to redeeming humanity as whole. In The New Citizenship, The Social Task of Christianity, and The Christian State, Batten analyzes social issues and presents plans for building a society that reflects God’s will.
This collection also highlights the effects of World War I, with a volume of essays edited by Batten dealing with the Christian view of war and other books by Batten analyzing the changes in the world.
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Key Features
- Arguments for Christianity as an agent of social change
- Plans and programs for a Christian society
- Essays dealing with a Christian response to World War I
Product Details
- Title: Samuel Zane Batten Collection
- Author: Samuel Zane Batten
- Volumes: 9
- Pages: 1,820
Partially includedAbout Samuel Zane Batten
Samuel Zane Batten (1859–1925) was a Baptist minister who preached against social evils and advocated Christian democracy. He founded the Commission on Social Service of the American Baptist Association and was a member of the Brotherhood of the Kingdom, a group founded by fellow Social Gospel advocate Walter Rauschenbusch.
