Rauschenbusch

[ rou-shuhn-boosh ]

noun

1. Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.

Example Sentences

Here he encountered the writings of Walter Rauschenbusch, an early-20th-century proponent of the Social Gospel, and fell in with a group of civil rights activists.

From New York Times

He was the son of Walter Rauschenbusch, a prominent theologian and key figure in the Social Gospel movement.

From Washington Post

He encountered the writings of Walter Rauschenbusch, a Baptist pastor and central figure in America’s social-gospel movement.

From Economist

While the social gospel produced many important figures, its most influential leader was a Baptist minister, Walter Rauschenbusch.

From Salon

Rauschenbusch began his career in the 1880s as minister of an immigrant church in the Hell’s Kitchen section of New York.

From Salon