Samuel Zane Batten (August 10, 1859 – June 5, 1925)BATTEN, Samuel Zane, in Who's Who in America (1926 edition); p. 242; via archive.org was an American Baptist minister and educator.Eldon J. Eisenach, The Social And Political Thought of American Progressivism, Hackett Publishing Company, 2006, p. 177
Biography Batten graduated from Bucknell University in 1885, and served as a Baptist minister in Morristown, New Jersey, where he preached against alcohol consumption and gambling.John W. Rae, Morristown: A Military Headquarters of the American Revolution, Arcadia Publishing, 2003, p. 140 He was an adamant proponent of democracy for its Christian appeal.Susan Curtis, A Consuming Faith: The Social Gospel and Modern American Culture, University of Missouri Press, 2001, p. 192 In 1908, he established the Commission on Social Service of the American Baptist Association.James H. Moorhead, World Without End: Mainstream American Protestant Visions of the Last Things, 1880-1925, Indiana University Press, 1999, p. 116 In 1913, he joined the faculty of what would become the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice.
He was a member of the Brotherhood of the Kingdom.Eldon J. Eisenach, The Social And Political Thought of American Progressivism, Hackett Publishing Company, 2006, p. 190
Bibliography The New Citizenship: Christian Character in its Biblical Ideas, Sources, and Relations (1898) The Social Task of Christianity: A Summons to the New Crusade (1909) The Christian State: The State, Democracy, and Christianity (1909) A Working Temperance Program (1910) The Industrial Menace to the Home (1914) The Moral Meaning of War: A Prophetic Interpretation (1918) The New World Order (1919) If America Fail: Our National Mission and Our Possible Future (1922) Building a Community (1922) Why Not Try Christianity? (1923)
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