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Contrary to popular perception, turn-of-the-century Southern Baptists had an identifiable social ethic that compelled them to minister to societys dispossessed. Although Southern Baptists never deviated from their primary goal of saving souls, they believed biblical stewardship had broader implications than wealth management. Baptists eagerly engaged in social ministries for which they found scriptural mandates, especially orphanages. The key to enlisting support for such expanded social ministries was missions. Baptist leaders synthesized evangelical concern with social compassion and convinced church members that the Bible sanctioned social ministries and that such endeavors were worthy of support. The effect was twofold: Baptists built institutions to relieve the needy, and they also used these institutions to propagate the Gospel and teach Baptist doctrine.
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The Quality of Mercy : Southern Baptists and Social Christianity, 1890-1920
author
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Harper, Keith.
publisher
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University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin
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0817308148
print isbn13
:
9780817308148
ebook isbn13
:
9780585255705
language
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English
subject
Southern Baptist Convention--History--19th century, Southern Baptist Convention--History--20th century, Church work--Southern Baptist Convention--History--19th century, Church work--Southern Baptist Convention--History--20th century, Sociology, Christian
publication date
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1996
lcc
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BX6462.3.H37 1996eb
ddc
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286/.132
subject
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Southern Baptist Convention--History--19th century, Southern Baptist Convention--History--20th century, Church work--Southern Baptist Convention--History--19th century, Church work--Southern Baptist Convention--History--20th century, Sociology, Christian
Page i
The Quality of Mercy
Page ii
Children in the Clay Square Mission, New Orleans. The Mission was maintained by students from the nearby Baptist Bible Institute. (Courtesy of the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, Historical Commission, SBC, Nashville, Tennessee.)
Page iii
The Quality of Mercy
Southern Baptists and Social Christianity, 18901920
Keith Harper
Page iv
Copyright 1996 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America
The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Harper, Keith, 1957 The quality of mercy : Southern Baptists and social Christianity. 18901920 / Keith Harper. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8173-0814-8 (alk. paper) 1. Southern Baptist ConventionHistory19th century. 2. Southern Baptist ConventionHistory20th century. 3. Church workSouthern Baptist Convention History19th century. 4. Church workSouthern Baptist ConventionHistory20th century. 5. Sociology. Christian (Baptist)History19th century. 6. Sociology. Christian (Baptist)History20th century. 7. Church and social problemsUnited StatesHistory19th century. 8. Church and social problemsUnited StatesHistory20th century. 9. BaptistsUnited StatesHistory19th century. 10. BaptistsUnited StatesHistory20th century. I. Title. BX6462.3.H37 1996 286'.132dc20 95-37869
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available
Cover illustration: The "Good Will Center," Louisville, Kentucky (Courtesy of the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, Historical Commission, SBC, Nashville, Tennessee.)
Page v
For Johnnie and David
Page vii
Contents
Preface
ix
1. Reclaiming a Legacy: An Assessment of Southern Baptists and the Social Gospel
1
2. Reaching the Dispossessed: Southern Baptist Missions and Movement Culture
15
3. Preachers and Prelates: Southern Baptist Leadership and the Emergence of a Social Ethic
28
4. Southern Baptists, Social Christianity, and Orphanages
48
5. Redeeming the Mountaineers: Southern Baptists and Mountain Mission Schools
72
6. Of Leopard Spots and Ethiopian Skin: Southern Baptists and Racial Uplift
89
7. Reassessing a Legacy: Southern Baptists, Social Christianity, and Regional Context
112
Appendix I
121
Appendix II
124
Notes
133
Bibliography
149
Index
165
Page ix
Preface
This book is about southerners, or more precisely, Southern Baptists, and the ways they addressed social problems at the turn of the century. I chose The Quality of Mercy as my title because of Portia's now-famous lines from The Merchant of Venice:
The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest
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