The financial choices Protestants have made throughout history - how money was given, expended, or even withheld - have reflected changing conceptions of what the religious enterprise is all about. Hudnut-Beumler tells that story for the first time.
Looking into the economics of American Protestantism, this work examines how churches have raised and spent money since colonial times and considers what these practices say about both religion and American culture. It contends that paying for good works done in the name of God has proved highly compatible with American ideas of enterprise.
Looking into the economics of American Protestantism, this work examines how churches have raised and spent money since colonial times and considers what these practices say about both religion and American culture. It contends that paying for good works done in the name of God has proved highly compatible with American ideas of enterprise.







