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The Social Principles of Jesus

Chapter 154: Footnotes
By Walter Rauschenbusch
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It examines the social and ethical convictions attributed to Jesus, extracting practical principles rather than offering biography or doctrinal exposition. Organized in four parts, it treats foundational axioms—the sacredness of life and human solidarity; the social ideal of the kingdom of God, with its values, tasks, and new standards; the recalcitrant social forces of leadership, private property, and religion's social test; and the role of conflict and the cross in social transformation. Scripture passages, daily readings, and study questions direct student discussion and application to contemporary social and economic problems.

Footnotes

1.
Rauschenbusch, “Prayers of the Social Awakening,” p. 15, on “The Social Meaning of the Lord's Prayer.”
2.
See the chapter on “The Tragedy of Dives” in Rauschenbusch, “Christianizing the Social Order,” p. 291.
3.
Edersheim, “Life and Times of Jesus, the Messiah,” Appendix XVII, give a detailed account of Sabbath regulations.
4.
See, for instance, Begbie, “Twice Born Men.”
5.
See Jane Addams, “A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil.”
6.
Why not give a fresh reading to the Hebrew prophets? Read them as if they had just been dug up in the East. Read them with the insight into social life developed by economic and sociological work in college. Read them with the critical social and political situations in mind. Read entire books at a sitting to absorb the spiritual valor of the prophets and their sense of God and of righteousness. George Adam Smith's “The Book of the Twelve Prophets” has fine social understanding, and gives the necessary historical background.
7.
“Christianity and the Social Crisis,” p. 415.
8.
G. J. Romanes, “Thoughts on Religion,” p. 157.