Charles Frederic Aked (1864-1941): 'A Fighting Parson' for Social Reform
Charles Frederic Aked (1864-1941) was a British-born Baptist minister who worked for racial equality, women's suffrage, temperance, Christian unity and world peace. Minister in Liverpool (1890 to 1907), he gained a reputation as an advocate for social justice. He worked for Christian unity in B...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2019]
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Baptist quarterly
Year: 2019, Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-18 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBF British Isles KBQ North America KDG Free church NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
General Baptist
B John D. Rockefeller B Temperance B John Clifford B Suffrage B Ida B. Wells B Ethel Snowden |
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| Summary: | Charles Frederic Aked (1864-1941) was a British-born Baptist minister who worked for racial equality, women's suffrage, temperance, Christian unity and world peace. Minister in Liverpool (1890 to 1907), he gained a reputation as an advocate for social justice. He worked for Christian unity in Britain alongside F. B. Meyer and John Clifford. He went to New York City to serve as pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church (1907-1911). Friends with Ida B. Wells and Ethel Snowden, he was outspoken for racial and gender equality. Liberal theologically, he worked for the relief of Syrians and Armenians after WWI and with Walter Rauschenbusch, condemned the arms trade. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-7731 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Baptist quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0005576X.2017.1343894 |