Alongside other posthumous writings Dr. Chalmers and the Poor LawsDr. Chalmers and the Poor Laws was edited by officials of the Charity Organisation Society, established in 1869. The Society was influenced by Chalmers' principles in its practice of discriminating charity and individual casework. Problems of PovertyProblems of Poverty was edited by Henry Hunter who had been President of the Society of Poor Law officials in Scotland. These works were published at a time when there was renewed interest in the respective responsibilities for welfare of State and citizen.
Thomas Chalmers, was a Scottish minister, professor of theology, political economist, and a leader of both the Church of Scotland and of the Free Church of Scotland. He has been called "Scotland's greatest nineteenth-century churchman".
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