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dc.creatorOwen, Andrea M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-22T19:18:10Z
dc.date.available2016-07-22T19:18:10Z
dc.date.created2016
dc.identifierWLURG38_Owen_REL_2016
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11021/33390
dc.descriptionAndrea M. Owen is a member of the Class of 2016 of Washington and Lee University.en_US
dc.descriptionCapstone; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE]en_US
dc.description.abstractWalter Rauschenbusch, the father of the social gospel, criticized early Christianity's rejection of property, the “ascetic tendency,” as antithetical to social reconstruction. Two contributing factors to this antithesis were, presumably, a dualism between the present world and material world, as well as a favoring of oneself over others. Saint Basil of Caesarea, however, challenges the view of early Christian ascetics, for he is known for his ascetic writings as well as his homilies and policies oriented toward what we today might call “social reconstruction.” In fact, Basil's life and works suggest that the rejection of property might favor “social reconstruction” as Rauschenbusch describes. First, I show how Basil's homilies suggest a conception of salvation consistent with that which might lead to something like “social reconstruction.” Second, I demonstrate how Basil's famous hospital shows how property rejection can seek to reconstruct society through means not addressed by Rauschenbusch.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAndrea Owen
dc.format.extent29 pagesen_US
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dc.subject.otherWashington and Lee University -- Capstone in Religionen_US
dc.titleA Social Gospel of Antiquity: Examining Walter Rauschenbusch's Description of Early Christianity Through the Life and Works of Saint Basil of Caesareaen_US
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dc.rights.holderOwen, Andrea M.
dc.subject.fastBasil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379en_US
dc.subject.fastRauschenbusch, Walter, 1861-1918en_US
dc.subject.fastAsceticismen_US
dc.subject.fastSocial gospelen_US
local.departmentReligionen_US
local.scholarshiptypeCapstoneen_US


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