In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,the "Social Gospel" was
A)a reform movement guided by the American Catholic Church.
B)first described by Andrew Carnegie.
C)an effort to make religious faith a tool of social reform.
D)intended to offer spiritual,not material,assistance to the poor.
E)a belief that God had chosen the rich to be rich and the poor to be poor.

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The Social Gospel was a movement that sought to use religious faith as a means of addressing social problems and bringing about social reform. It emerged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, primarily within Protestant churches in the United States. Advocates of the Social Gospel believed that Christianity should focus on promoting social justice and helping those in need, rather than just focusing on personal salvation. Andrew Carnegie was a philanthropist, not a proponent of the Social Gospel. The idea that God had chosen the rich to be rich and the poor to be poor is not a part of the Social Gospel movement.

In the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries,the "Social Gospel