The Reverend Mark Matthews An Activist in the Progressive Era / Dale E. Soden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soden, Dale Edward, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Matthews, Mark A. (Mark Allison), 1867-1940.

Presbyterian Church--Clergy.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2001.

Summary:

"In telling Matthews's story, Dale Soden presents Matthews's multiple facets: a Southern-born, fundamentalist proponent of the Social Gospel; a national leader during the tumultuous years of schism within the American Presbyterian church; a social reformer who established day-care centers, kindergartens, night classes, and soup kitchens; a colorful figure who engaged in highly public and heated disputes with elected officials. Much of the controversy that surrounded Matthews centered on the proper relationship between church and state - an issue that is still hotly debated."--Jacket.

"When the Reverend Mark Allison Matthews died in February 1940, thousands of mourners gathered at a Seattle church to pay their final respects. The Southern-born Presbyterian came to Seattle in 1902. He quickly established himself as a city leader and began building a congregation that was eventually among the nation's largest, with nearly 10,000 members. Throughout his career, he advocated Social Christianity, a blend of progressive reform and Christian values, as a blueprint for building a morally righteous community."

Contents:

The Hills of Georgia

The Social Gospel in Tennessee

Building Seattle's First Church

The Church Is My Force, the City My Field

Progressive Impulses

The Great Feud

"Shall Matthews Run the City?"

The Great War and the General Strike

Fundamentalism and Modernism

Screenitis and the Radio

The Final Years.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295803432

0295803436

OCLC:

948604693