"The Church and the Labor Question"

Magazine article

By: Washington Gladden

Date: May 6, 1911

Source: Gladden, Washington. "The Church and the Labor Question." The Outlook 98, no. 1, May 6, 1911, 36.

About the Author: Washington Gladden (1836–1918), a Congregationalist clergyman, was born on February 11, 1836, in Pennsylvania. Gladden ministered to various congregations in New York, Massachusetts, and Ohio. Often called the father of the Social Gospel movement, he became an early advocate of connecting Christian principles to contemporary social problems. He died on July 2, 1918, in Columbus, Ohio, where he had been serving as pastor and pastor emeritus at First Congregationalist Church.

Introduction

Washington Gladden, one of the founders of the Social Gospel movement, began working at the Owego Gazette and wrote local news. He resumed his education in 1855, graduated from Williams...

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