Wilhelm Roscher and English Christian social thought: From Frederick Maurice to Margaret Thatcher

Defines the stream of thought in the UK known as Christian socialism or social Christianity as an Anglican movement much influenced by UK Unitarian humanism, and shows that Roscher, who approached the same nineteenthcentury problems as a Lutheran, came to similar conclusions. A comparative study shows the similarity and differences,as well as the continued relevance of these ideas down to the present day.