Movement applying Christian ethics to social problems?

• A. Social Gospel
• B. New feminism
• C. ERA
• D. Birth control movement

Answer: (A)

The movement that argues faith should shape how society is organized and reform its problems is the Social Gospel. It holds that Christian ethics demand addressing injustice, poverty, and urban hardship through concrete social reforms—things like better housing, public health, education, labor protections, and temperance—rather than focusing only on personal salvation. This approach linked religious belief to progressive reforms and public action, pushing churches to engage in welfare and policy changes to improve life for the urban poor.

The other movements focus on different goals: New feminism centers on women's rights and equality; the ERA seeks constitutional gender equality; the birth control movement concentrates on reproductive autonomy. While these have religious or moral dimensions, they do not specifically embody the idea of applying Christian ethics to solving broad social problems in the way the Social Gospel does.