Spiritualities of Social Engagement

Roger Haight is emeritus Visiting Professor at Union Theological Seminary. The recipient of the Alumnus of the Year award from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago in 2006, he is a Past President of the Catholic Theological Society of America and a recipient of the John Courtney Murray award for achievement in theology. Alfred Pach III is an Associate Professor of Medical Sciences and Global Health at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and an MDiv in Psychology and Religion from Union Theological Seminary. Amanda Avila Kaminski is an Assistant Professor of Theology at Texas Lutheran University, where she also serves as Director of the program in Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship. She has written extensively in the area of Christian spirituality.

I - Introduction to the Authors and Texts 1 II - The Texts 21 Walter Rauschenbusch, On Social Sin and Salvation 23 Selections from A Theology for the Social Gospel -Chapter X: The Social Gospel and Personal Salvation 25 -Chapter XI: The Salvation of the Super-Personal Forces 37 -Chapter XII: The Church as the Social Factor of Salvation 44 Walter Rauschenbusch, On Prayer 55 Selections from Prayers of the Social Awakening -Against War 57 -Against Alcoholism 59 -Against the Servants of Mammon 61 -Against Impurity 63 -For the Kingdom of God 65 -For Those Who Come After Us 67 -On the Harm We Have Done 69 -For the Prophets and Pioneers 71 Dorothy Day, On the Founding of the Catholic Worker 73 Selections from The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist Paper, People and Work 75 Labor 100 III - Socially Engaged Spirituality 121 Further Reading 139 About the Series 141 About the Editors 147

Past Light on Present Life is a brilliantly dynamic series. It weaves together theological frameworks, ethical implications and spiritual mindsets in interpreting texts of numerous great personages in the history of Christian Spirituality. Importantly, in doing so it responds to searing questions of our current age. The genius of the series lies in the precise choices of the original texts at the heart of each concise volume, which provide the key for such pertinent interpretation. These volumes provide much needed fresh insight for experts in the field, as they also will prove invaluable for undergraduate teachers, graduate students, religious seekers and spiritual directors.---Julia D.E. Prinz on the Past Light on Present Life: Theology, Ethics, and Spirituality series Listening to Christian spirituality carefully and liberatingly for the present is neither simple nor necessarily welcome in pluralistic and secular contexts. This series, intended for respectful existential, secular and pluralistic engagement, promotes a deep conversation about how Christian spiritual heritage matters today. Readers are invited into the art of interpretation with--and beyond--these influential texts and authors, into difficult and urgent questions about how we live well together in a world where no one single vision prevails, but where we help each other clarify what matters most, making a world with room for all spiritual paths promising justice. For the everyday quest to live well together in a world we must equally share, Christian tradition offers spiritual wisdom--and this series offers able guides in recovering that wisdom and suggesting how it can be practiced today.---Tom Beaudoin on the Past Light on Present Life: Theology, Ethics, and Spirituality series