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Died December 19, 1914, Scarborough, New York, United States Books The Right and Wrong Uses of th, Womanhood; Lectures On Woma, The Mysticism Of Music, The Book Of The Beginnings | ||
Richard Heber Newton (31 October 1840 – 19 December 1914) was a prominent American Episcopalian priest and writer. He was rector of All Souls' Protestant Episcopal Church in New York City from 1869–1902. He was a leader in the Social Gospel movement, a supporter of Higher Criticism of the Bible, and sought to unify Christian churches in the United States.
Scholars have seen his 1874-1875 lectures, The Morals of Trade, as an important early statement of some of the concerns which were prominent in the Social Gospel movement.
In 1883 he was accused of heresy for a series of sermons later published in a book, The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible. He was again accused in 1884 and 1891 but the bishop, Henry Codman Potter, refused to go forward.
In 1903 he briefly served as first and last pastor of Stanford Memorial Church at Stanford University.