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In pursuit of the Almighty's dollar : a history of money and American Protestantism /
In a fascinating look into the economics of American Protestantism, Hudnut-Beumler examines how churches have raised and spent money from colonial times to the present and considers what these practices say about both religion and American culture. He contends that paying for earthly good works done...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In a fascinating look into the economics of American Protestantism, Hudnut-Beumler examines how churches have raised and spent money from colonial times to the present and considers what these practices say about both religion and American culture. He contends that paying for earthly good works done in the name of God has proved highly compatible with American ideas of enterprise, materialism, and individualism. 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 267 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-259) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807883044 0807883042 |