In Darkest England and The Way Out

by William Booth

Publisher:

Funk & Wagnalls

, 1890

Overview

Inspired by Henry Morton Stanley’s In Darkest Africa, William Booth’s In Darkest England and the Way Out examines the social plagues of modern England and puts forth Booth’s “scheme of social selection and salvation.” Based on the strategies Salvation Army soldiers practiced throughout England and the rest of the modern world, the work is divided into two parts: “Darkness” and “Deliverance.” In the first part Booth investigates the plight of what he calls “the submerged tenth” of society, including the homeless, the unemployed, the criminal, and their children. The second part discusses Booth’s proposed system to pick up and take in the down-and-outs.

Product Details

• Title: In Darkest England and The Way Out
• Author: William Booth
• Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls
• Print Publication Date: 1890
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Poor › Great Britain; Agricultural colonies; Unemployed › Great Britain
• Resource ID: LLS:DRKSTNGLND
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T18:28:05Z

About William Booth

William Booth (10 April 1829 – 20 August 1912) was a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army and became its first General (1878–1912). The Christian movement with a quasi-military structure and government founded in 1865 has spread from London, England to many parts of the world and is known for being one of the largest distributors of humanitarian aid.