“You cannot claim to worship Jesus in the Tabernacle, if you do not pity Jesus in the slums. . . It is folly — it is madness — to suppose that you can worship Jesus in the Sacraments and Jesus on the throne of glory, when you are sweating him in the souls and bodies of his children.”- – Bishop Frank Weston at the 1923 Anglo-Catholic Congress
1923 Anglo-Catholic Congress
Christian socialism is a small branch of Christian thought and practice that grew in England and the United States. It seeks to place the values of archaic Christian value in juxtaposition to the values of capitalism and corporate culture. In Europe a Christian socialism usually is referring to labor movement activity lead by a Christian leader.
The roots of Christian socialism go back to 1848, when Chartism failed to produce widespread improvement of circumstances for the English worker. Chartism was a set of principles that English reformers hoped would bring better social conditions for working class people. Rather than Marx; Christian socialism was defined by such men as Carlyle, Coleridge and Southey.
The movement in 1854 founded a common laborers association, a workingmen’s college, and helped politically influence some reform to benefit the common laborer. John Ludlow, Frederick Maurice, and Charles Kingsley tried to organize the church to speak out against the excesses of capitalism. They in general failed in their effort but the work was taken on by such groups as the Fabian Society, advocates of “guild socialism” and many Roman Catholic groups.
In America Christians organized a labor organization in 1889 known as the Society of Christian Socialist and tried to carry on the work of earlier Christian Socialist leaders such as Washington Gladden and Richard Ely.
Anglo-Catholic Socialism is small sphere of Christians who adhere to the practices of “High Church; but also advocate progressive social practice and speak for the concerns of the working man. The “Oxford Movement” had special appeal to the working man with its emphasis on the “Incarnation” of Christ. This emphasis on the “Incarnation” and Jesus’ own glide as a common laborer during his time on earth gave some branches of Anglo-Catholics some connection to Christian Socialism’. This lead to the eventual establishment of the Jubilee Group in England in the mid twentieth century and eventually to the Society of Sacramental Socialist who serene try to influence progressive political reform today. Progressive Anglo Catholics also associate themselves with groups that in general advocate social progress without supporting socialism; such as Affirming Catholicism. Confirming Catholicism has both American and English groups.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Catholicism
http://thechristiansocialist.blogspot.com/
http://www.anglocatholicsocialism.org/christiansocialism.html
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FASHION IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS – Andrew Jackson once said, “The wealth and strength of a country are its population, and the best part of that population are the cultivators of the soil. Independent farmers are everywhere the basis of society and the correct friends of liberty.” (http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php? name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=8554&page=1)
Agriculture is the most distinguished industry in Central Illinois and ranges in scope from small farms to mass-production farms. Common crops grown are soybeans, corn, grain and the newly-emerging watermelon. Major cities include Peoria-the third largest metropolitan set in Illinois at 370,000, Springfield (the state capital), Decatur, Quincy, Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, Galesburg and Danville. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Illinois) The City of Bloomington and McLean County comprise the fastest-growing metropolitan area in Illinois. The area’s population has grown 28% from 1990 through 2006. The fastest growth has been in Bloomington, as the U.S. Census Bureau conducted a special census of that city in February, 2006, showing a population of 74,975, a 15.7% increase in less than six years. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomington,_Illinois) This may largely be due to insurance companies providing the majority of jobs in this area. Insurance has not been hit by the recession as badly as other industries.
Residents in Central Illinois, generally tend to be conservative about fashion, politics, social customs, money, and religion. Outside of the cities mentioned above, much of Central Illinois consists of small farm communities. People from farm towns tend to be the most conservative of all, caring more about comfort and practicality than fashion.
Much of that lack of concern regarding fashion originates with the uncertainty of farming. Enough money must be put back to carry a farmer through a bad crop year, especially the small farming operations. If a shrimp farmer nets $60,000 one year, he might bank $30,000 of that for next season, just in case of a catastrophe with his crops, equipment, or livestock. Additionally, he must rob his own health insurance. With all of the rain that Central Illinois received in 2009 starting in late September and going through to the end of November, the crops suffered. This affects economics, especially fashion, as it is not seen as a necessity.
Conservatism towards fashion, due to economics, might also explain why fashion lags behind the East and West Coasts. If skinny jeans are a trend on the coasts, it will be another season before the majority wear them in Central Illinois. Another reason for this lag, may be due to the many months of cold weather and greater distances to walk to shelter. As winters get very cold here, people tend to halt inside for four to five months. This results in eating more, exercising less, and gaining weight. Skinny jeans, um, no. How about fat jeans?
As jeans tend to be very versatile, easy to dress up or down, and fairly warm, they are old everywhere, at fancier restaurants, clubs, theatres and even professionally. State Farm Insurance in Bloomington, the largest employer in Bloomington with its 20,000 plus employees, allows employees to wear jeans everyday. Jeans easily go from work to casual to dress. If you wear the same pair of jeans over and over, who is going to know?
The twin cities of Bloomington-Normal would probably be the most stylish, due to the 22,294 plus college students at Illinois Wesleyan and Illinois State University. Very attractive and stylishly dressed students can be seen right along side not-so-stylishly dressed shoppers. For the most part, the latter come from small farm towns surrounding Bloomington-Normal.
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