Social Duties On Christian Principles

Social Duties on Christian Principles is a work attributed to Henry Drummond, addressing the practical social and ethical duties that the Christian tradition places on believers in their relationships with family, community, and society. The book belongs to the substantial nineteenth century English religious literature on the practical application of Christian principles to daily social life.

Several writers named Henry Drummond were active in the nineteenth century. The Scottish biologist Henry Drummond (1851-1897) wrote popular religious works including The Greatest Thing in the World. The earlier Henry Drummond (1786-1860) was an English MP and religious controversialist. Without more specific bibliographic information, the exact attribution of Social Duties depends on which Drummond produced the work.

The practical Christian ethics genre that the book belongs to was a substantial part of nineteenth century English religious publishing. Various clergymen and lay writers produced manuals and treatises on the proper Christian conduct in business, family life, charitable work, civic participation, and the various other social roles that ordinary Christians needed to navigate.