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Sydney Strong
1860–1938
A minister, pacifist, and social reformer, he wrote with the urgency of someone deeply involved in the public questions of his time. His work blends religious thought with a strong concern for peace, labor, and democracy.
2 Audiobooks
His Last Week The Story of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus in the Words of the Four Gospels
by William E. (William Eleazar) Barton, Theodore Gerald Soares, Sydney Strong
His Life: A Complete Story in the Words of the Four Gospels
by William E. (William Eleazar) Barton, Theodore Gerald Soares, Sydney Strong
About the author
Sydney Dix Strong (January 25, 1860 – December 30, 1938) was an American Congregational minister and writer. Archival and library records describe him as a graduate of Oberlin College who served churches in Ohio and Illinois, did settlement work in Chicago, and later became pastor of Queen Anne Congregational Church in Seattle.
He is especially remembered for his outspoken commitment to pacifism and other reform causes. Collections of his papers describe him as a supporter of disarmament, war resistance, and organized labor, and records connected with Jane Addams show him active in peace-movement circles during the 1910s and 1920s.
Strong also published books and religious writing, including works listed by The Online Books Page such as The Rise of American Democracy and His Great Apostle. He was the father of journalist and author Anna Louise Strong, whose biographical records also identify him as a Social Gospel minister and dedicated pacifist.