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A Social Gospel Vision of Health: Washington Gladden's Sermons on Nature, Science and Social Harmony, 1869-1910

Susman, Benjamin A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1596238474385133

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2020, Master of Arts, Miami University, History.
This thesis is a case study in a Social Gospel approach to nature, human health and environmental politics. Human health and non-human nature were mutually constitutive in Washington Gladden’s vision of health. In sermons from 1869 to 1910, Gladden argued that human health was closely connected to the health of societies and cities, for the simple fact that humanity was a part of nature. The local, urban aspects of Gladden's Social Gospel vision of health were an important connective tissue to understand his broader moral and economic arguments. Gladden's distinct notions of social morality and social harmony are best understood at the intersection of religious histories of the Social Gospel, urban environmental histories and public health histories. Gladden emphasized social morality through scientific public health and the conservation movement. His vision of social health was an ideal of social harmony supported by professionals who understood that human beings were capable of ordering God's creation so that humanity could live healthy lives in healthy places around the world.
Steven Conn (Committee Chair)
Amanda McVety (Committee Member)
Marguerite Shaffer (Committee Member)
94 p.
American History; History; Religious History
Social Gospel, Washington Gladden, Columbus, Ohio, Nature, Environment, Urban Environment, Public Health, Science, Conservation, Cities, Professional Medicine, Social Morality, Social Harmony, Reform, Progressive Era, Progressivism, Liberal Protestantism

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  • Susman, B. A. (2020). A Social Gospel Vision of Health: Washington Gladden's Sermons on Nature, Science and Social Harmony, 1869-1910 [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1596238474385133

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Susman, Benjamin. A Social Gospel Vision of Health: Washington Gladden's Sermons on Nature, Science and Social Harmony, 1869-1910. 2020. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1596238474385133.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Susman, Benjamin. "A Social Gospel Vision of Health: Washington Gladden's Sermons on Nature, Science and Social Harmony, 1869-1910." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1596238474385133

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