TY - BOOK ID - 80838406 TI - Social Uplifters. PY - 2006 SN - 0889208107 9780889208100 0889209723 PB - Waterloo, CANADA Wilfrid Laurier University Press DB - UniCat KW - Liberalism (Religion) KW - Social gospel. KW - Church and social problems KW - Presbyterian Church KW - Christian sects KW - Christianity and social problems KW - Social problems and Christianity KW - Social problems and the church KW - Social problems KW - Gospel, Social KW - Christian sociology KW - Liberal theology KW - Indifferentism (Religion) KW - History. KW - Clergy KW - Canada KW - Church history. KW - Social gospel UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80838406 AB - The Social Uplifters examines the Social Gospel among Canadian Presbyterians prior to the First World War. The book explores the theology, social context, and the strategies of the leaders of the Presbyterian Board of Evangelism and Social Service (C.W. Gordon, James A. Macdonald, Robert Falconer, T.B. Kilpatrick, George Pidgeon, and John G. Shearer). Brian Fraser describes how these men used popular fiction, the secular press, the university, the theological college, the pulpit, and political organization and lobbying to spread their ideas and ideals for a Christian civilization in Canada at the turn of the twentieth century and will be of interest to students and scholars alike. ER -