Samuel Zane Batten
Samuel Zane Batten (1859–1925) was a Baptist minister.[1]
Biography
He served as a Baptist minister in Morristown, New Jersey, where he preached against alcohol consumption and gambling.[2] He was an adamant proponent of democracy for its Christian appeal.[3] In 1908, he established the Commission on Social Service of the American Baptist Association.[4]
He was a member of the Brotherhood of the Kingdom.[5]
Bibliography
- The New Citizenship: Christian Character in its Biblical Ideas, Sources, and Relations (1898)
- The Social Task of Christianity: A Summons to the New Crusade (1909)
- The Christian State: The State, Democracy, and Christianity (1909)
- A Working Temperance Program (1910)
- The Industrial Menace to the Home (1914)
- The Moral Meaning of War: A Prophetic Interpretation (1918)
- The New World Order (1919)
- If America Fail: Our National Mission and Our Possible Future (1922)
- Building a Community (1922)
- Why Not Try Christianity? (1923)
References
- ↑ Eldon J. Eisenach, The Social And Political Thought of American Progressivism, Hackett Publishing Company, 2006, p. 177
- ↑ John W. Rae, Morristown: A Military Headquarters of the American Revolution, Arcadia Publishing, 2003, p. 140
- ↑ Susan Curtis, A Consuming Faith: The Social Gospel and Modern American Culture, University of Missouri Press, 2001, p. 192
- ↑ James H. Moorhead, World Without End: Mainstream American Protestant Visions of the Last Things, 1880-1925, Indiana University Press, 1999, p. 116
- ↑ Eldon J. Eisenach, The Social And Political Thought of American Progressivism, Hackett Publishing Company, 2006, p. 190
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