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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05508.015 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality 1861-1944 |
| Title | Letter from Lyman Abbott to Mr. Davisson regarding spiritual matters |
| Date | 2 October 1897 |
| Author | Abbott, Lyman (1835-1922) |
| Recipient | Davisson, Mr. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Abbott, a Congregational cleric, clergyman, and author, writes to Davidson, possibly a clergyman in an obscure pastorate. Abbott praises the "quiet work" individually undertaken by "many great men" in an effort to bring about a "new rational faith." This new faith will lay the spiritual superstructure for the coming generations, who will reject the old tradition of ecclesiastical authority. But it must be made palatable to coming generations, or the result will be "spiritual burial, followed by death social and political." Abbott was an exponent of the Social Gospel movement. |
| Subjects | Religion |
| People | Abbott, Lyman (1835-1922) |
| Place written | Brooklyn, New York |
| Theme | Religion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |