INDUSTRIALISM AND CIVIL RIGHTS PRAYER
World Religions in America
DVD
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Based on PBS television's Prayer in America, this program explores the role of religion in American history and society—and the relationship between religion and government—a diverse selection of spokespersons discusses how religious traditions have influenced social movements.
Social changes after the Civil War brought a number of Americans such increases in prosperity that the late 19th century was called the Gilded Age. Some Christians welcomed the new gospel of wealth philosophy, but industrialization and urbanization led to poverty and suffering for others, and the Social Gospel movement created institutions to help the poor and fought for reforms in working laws and conditions. In the 20th century, civil rights movements led by Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King, Jr. were also informed by unique religious values and prayer practices.
| Copyright | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | New Dimension |
| Grade | 7–12 |
| Color | Color |