"All human goodness is social goodness. Man is fundamentally gregarious and his morality consists in being a good member of his community."

-- Walter Rauschenbusch

A bibliography of literature by and about Walter Rauschenbusch

Books by Walter Rauschenbusch
(Note: newer editions of Rauschenbusch's books are often available)

  • Christianity and the Social Crisis, Macmillan, 1907
  • For God and the People: Prayers of the Social Awakening, Pilgrim Press, 1910
  • Unto Me, Pilgrim Press, 1912
  • Christianizing the Social Order, Macmillan, 1912
  • Dare We Be Christian? Pilgrim Press, 1914
  • The Social Principles of Jesus, Association Press, 1916
  • A Theology for the Social Gospel, Macmillan, 1917
  • The Righteousness of the Kingdom, Max L. Stackhouse, editor, Edwin Mellon Press, 1999
Books about Walter Rauschenbusch
  • Four Modern Prophets: Walter Rauschenbusch, Martin Luther King Jr., Gustavo Gutierrez, Rosemary Radford Reuther by William Mitchell Ramsay, John Knox Press, 1986
  • The Kingdom is Always but Coming by Christopher H. Evans, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004 (The most recent and highly recommended)
  • The Origins of Walter Rauschenbusch's Social Ethics by Donovan E. Smucker, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994
  • Passion for Justice: Retrieving the Legacies of Walter Rauschenbusch, John A. Ryan, and Reinhold Niebuhr by Harlan Beckley, Westminster/John Knox Press 1992
  • The Social Gospel in America 1870-1920: Gladden, Ely, Rauschenbusch by Robert T Handy, Oxford University Press, 1966
  • The Social Gospel Today, Christopher H. Evans, editor, Westminster John Knox Press, 2001
  • Solidarity As Hermeneutic: A Revisionist Reading of the Theology of Walter Rauschenbusch (American University Studies, Series Vii, Theology and Religion) by Darlene Ann Peitz, Peter Lang Publishers Inc, 1992
  • Walter Rauschenbusch, American Reformer by Paul M Minus, Macmillan Library Reference, 1988
  • Walter Rauschenbusch: Selected Writings (Sources of American Spirituality), Winthrop S. Hudson, editor, Paulist Press, 1984