Merchants and ministers : a history of businesspeople and clergy in the United States /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schmiesing, Kevin E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2017.
Temas:
Business > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Businesspeople > United States > History.
Clergy > United States > History.
Gens d'affaires > États-Unis > Histoire.
Clergé > États-Unis > Histoire.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Business > Religious aspects > Christianity
Businesspeople
Clergy
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Heretic merchants, pedlars in divinity, and other colonial characters
  • The black regiment, Boston men, and other revolutionary characters
  • Too little help from the pulpit: clergy and businesspeople in the Antebellum era
  • The gospel of Christ and the gospel of wealth in the Gilded Age
  • Jesus as salesman, socialist, savior: Christianity and business in the progressive era
  • Honored but ill-defined: Christianity and business in depression, war, and beyond
  • From segregation to social responsibility: 1960-2010.

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