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The church, says Berkhof, is not only concerned with the redemption of individuals, but with the redemption of society. In this volume, Berkhof addresses critics who claim the church ignores social problems. The Church and Social Problems interacts with thinkers as diverse as Walter Rauschenbusch, Jacques Rousseau, Josiah Strong, Abraham Kuyper, J.R. Campbell, and others. Berkhof addresses...

The Church, in the fifth place, ought to make a thorough study of all the problems that present themselves in social life and of the movements for social betterment, in order that she may know what stand to take in regard to these and how to guide her own forces in the struggle for reform. With a view to this it would be of the utmost importance that a strong committee, a committee of experts in this line of work, if possible, were appointed, to study social conditions, social problems and possible
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