social darwinism vs. social gospel the changing and opposing views of americans
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Social Darwinism vs. Social Gospel
The Changing and Opposing views of Americans
Essential Vocabulary
• Ideology: An organized collection of ideas.
• Social Reform: Changes in society for the better
• Natural Selection: Process that living things survive due to their favorable traits
Social Darwinism• Definition:
•An application of the theory of natural selection to social, political, and economic issues.
• "the strong survive"
Social Darwinism• Where was it used?• The theory was used from the
late 19th century to the mid 1920s to support laissez-faire capitalism and political conservatism.
• During the age of New Imperialism, this theory justified the exploitation of "lesser breeds without the law" by "superior races”.
• Nazism and Fascism used to justify extreme nationalism
Social Darwinism• What did people who believed
in this theory want?
•To promote laissez-faire capitalism (no government regulations)
•To justify extreme nationalism (jingoism)
Social Gospel• Definition:• The movement applied
Christian ethics to social problems, especially issues of social justice such as excessive wealth, poverty, alcoholism, crime, racial tensions, slums, bad hygiene, child labor, inadequate labor unions, poor schools, and the danger of war.
• (ie. YMCA, Salvation Army)
Social Gospel• Where was it used?
• In the United States prior to and after World War I, the Social Gospel was the religious wing of the progressive movement which had the aim of combating injustice, suffering and poverty in society.
Social Gospel• What did people who believed in
this theory want?• The Presbyterians described its
goals in 1910 by proclaiming:– The great ends of the church are
the proclamation of the gospel for the salvation of humankind; the shelter, nurture, and spiritual fellowship of the children of God; the maintenance of divine worship; the preservation of truth; the promotion of social righteousness; and the exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the world.
William Graham Sumner
William Sunday
H.G. Wells
Dwight L. Moody
Herbert Spencer
Coined the phrase “survival of the fittest”
Jane Addams