Shailer Mathews

Shailer Mathews ( born May 26, 1863 in Portland ( Maine), † October 23, 1941 in Chicago ) was a major representative of the U.S. American liberal theology and the Social Gospel movement.

Life

Mathews, the son of a merchant, studied theology, history and political economy. In 1887 he was professor of rhetoric at Colby College, from 1889 there Professor of History and Political Economy. From 1894 on he taught until his retirement at the Divinity School of the newly founded University of Chicago professor of various theological disciplines ( 1894-97 New Testament, 1897-1905 Systematic Theology, 1906-33 Historical and Comparative Theology).

Theology

Mathews is considered one of the founders of the theological Chicago School and as an important representative of the social gospel movement. As a liberal theologian, he sought the application of strict scientific methods in theology. Mathews, who was himself a Baptist, became involved in the ecumenical movement. From 1912 to 1916 he was president of the Federal Council of Churches in America.

Works (selection)

  • The Social Teachings of Jesus, 1897
  • A History of New Testament Times in Palestine, 1899
  • The French Revolution, 1900
  • The Messianic Hope in the New Testament, 1905
  • The Church and the Changing Order, 1907
  • The Social Gospel, 1909
  • The Gospel and the modern Man, 1910
  • The Social Teaching of Jesus, 1910
  • Scientific Management in Churches, 1911
  • The Individual and the Social Gospel, 1914
  • The Spiritual Interpretation of History, 1916
  • Patriotism and Religion, 1918
  • The Validity of American Ideals, 1922
  • The Faith of Modernism, 1914
  • Jesus on Social Institutions, 1928
  • The Atonement and the Social Process, 1930
  • The Growth of the Idea of God, 1931
  • Immortality and the Cosmic Process, 1933
  • Christianity and Social Process, 1934
  • Creative Christianity, 1935
  • The Church and the Christian, 1938
  • Is God Emeritus? 1940
  • Autobiography: New Faith for Old. An Autobiography, 1936
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