| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 274 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-270) and index. |
| Contents |
Hills of Georgia -- Social Gospel in Tennessee -- Building Seattle's First Church -- Church Is My Force, the City My Field -- Progressive Impulses -- Great Feud -- "Shall Matthews Run the City?" -- Great War and the General Strike -- Fundamentalism and Modernism -- Screenitis and the Radio -- Final Years. |
| Summary |
"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." |
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"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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Matthews, Mark A. (Mark Allison), 1867-1940.
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Matthews, Mark A. (Mark Allison), 1867-1940. |
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Presbyterian Church -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography.
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Presbyterian Church. |
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United States. |
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Clergy. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Soden, Dale Edward. Reverend Mark Matthews. Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2001 0295980214 (DLC) 00064823 (OCoLC)44905153 |
| ISBN |
9780295803432 electronic book |
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0295803436 electronic book |
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0295980214 |
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9780295980218 |
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