Kelsey, George D.

Social ethics among Southern Baptists, 1917-1969 / by George D. Kelsey. - ix; 274 pages : 22 cm. - ATLA Monograph Series, No. 2 .

Includes index.

I. The church
- The nature of the church
- The task of the church
- The misunderstanding of "social Christianity"
- Anti-Catholicism
- Anti-church union and anti-cooperation
- Bigotry
- Ecumenicity
II. Education
- The nature of education
- Technique and content
- The Christian school and the public school
- Academic freedom
III. The state
- The origin of authority
- The function and end of the state
- The death penalty
- Relation of church and state
- Duty of the citizen
IV. War and peace
- The ethics of war
- God and war
- World war I a crusade
- World war II a just war
- Gains from war
- Pacifism and conscientious objection
- The peace settlements
- Vietnam
V. Prohibition and the restraint of the liquor traffic
- The Baptist stand on prohibition and the liquor traffic
- The evils of liquor
- Waging the prohibition fight
- Defending prohibition's achievements and denouncing repeal
- Prohibition and the Negro
- Waging the battle for restraint and limitation
VI. The family
- Marriage
- Courtship and engagement
- Sex and birth control
- Relations in the home
- Divorce
- Dealing with marriage and divorce
- Woman
VII. The economic order
- Viewing the general situation
- Property
- Prosperity
- Prosperity and righteousness
- Calling and work
- Labor's rights, demands and duties
- The strike
VIII. Race
- From world war I to the end of world war II
- After World war II

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CHURCH AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS--BAPTISTS
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
SOCIAL ETHICS

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