Mainline Protestant Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Social justice=== The mainline denominations emphasize the biblical concept of justice, stressing the need for Christians to work for [[social justice]], which usually involve politically liberal approaches to social and economic problems. Early in the 20th century, they actively supported the [[Social Gospel]]. Mainline churches were basically [[pacifist]]ic before 1940, but under the influence of people such as [[Reinhold Niebuhr]] they supported [[World War II]] and the [[Cold War]].{{sfn|Thompson|2007}} They have been far from uniform in their reaction to issues of gender and sexuality, though they tend to be more accepting than the [[Catholic Church]] or the more conservative Protestant churches.{{sfn|Dorrien|2006}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page