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Richard Heber Newton
1840–1914
A bold Episcopal priest and writer, he became one of the best-known voices of the broad church and Social Gospel movements in late 19th-century America. His work joined religious faith with public questions, and it often stirred debate.
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The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible
by Richard Heber Newton
About the author
Born in Philadelphia in 1840, Richard Heber Newton studied at the University of Pennsylvania and prepared for the ministry at the Philadelphia Divinity School. He was ordained in the 1860s and went on to serve as rector of All Souls' Church in New York City for more than three decades.
Newton became known as a prominent Episcopalian clergyman, author, and lecturer. Church sources describe him as a major figure in the broad church movement and a leading Episcopal Social Gospel writer, and he was also associated with efforts to bring modern biblical scholarship into American church life.
He died in 1914. Remembered as an energetic public religious thinker as well as a parish priest, he left behind sermons, essays, and books that reflected his interest in social reform, Christian unity, and the relationship between faith and modern life.