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Evangelical Social Congress

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The Evangelical Social Congress (German: Evangelisch-Sozialer Kongress, ESK) was a social-reform movement of German evangelists founded in Whitsuntide in 1890.

Various groups were united in the Congress, although, in the end, the Congress failed to set forth a united programme of "Christian socialism" (more so because people like Friedrich Naumann and Adolf Stoecker would depart from the Congress).

The Congress never carried a large membership, and was only marginal compared to the Verein für Socialpolitik, an organization that currently still exists.

Associated people

  • Otto Baumgarten
  • Paul Gohre
  • Adolf von Harnack (longtime president of the Congress)
  • Friedrich Naumann
  • Martin Rade
  • Paul Rohrbach
  • Gerhart von Schulze-Gävernitz
  • Walter Simons
  • Adolf Stoecker
  • Max Weber
  • References

    Evangelical Social Congress Wikipedia


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