Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.

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He was also the maternal grandfather of the influential philosopher Richard Rorty. Walter Rauschenbusch (October 4 1861 – July 25 1918) was a Christian theologian and Baptist pastor. He was a key figure in the Social Gospel movement which flouriWalter Rauschenbuschd in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.