Kevin Schmiesing

Merchants and Ministers

A History of Businesspeople and Clergy in the United States

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Merchants and Ministers explores the relationship between businesspeople and clergy in the United States from the colonial period to the present. This book traces the contours of American history by placing anecdotal detail in the context of general developments in commerce and Christianity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 577g
• ISBN-13: 9781498539241
• ISBN-10: 1498539246
• Artikelnr.: 46770244

Autorenporträt

Kevin Schmiesing is a research fellow at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 "Heretic Merchants," "Pedlars in Divinity," and Other Colonial
Characters
Chapter 2 The "Black Regiment," "Boston Men," and Other Revolutionary
Characters
Chapter 3 "Too Little Help from the Pulpit": Clergy and Businesspeople in
the Antebellum Era
Chapter 4 The "Gospel of Christ" and the "Gospel of Wealth" in the Gilded
Age
Chapter 5 Jesus as Salesman, Socialist, Savior: Christianity and Business
in the Progressive Era
Chapter 6 "Honored but Ill-Defined": Christianity and Business in
Depression, War, and Beyond
Chapter 7 From Segregation to Social Responsibility: 1960-2010