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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hudnut-Beumler, James David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Economics > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Money > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Protestantism > History.
Protestant churches > United States > History.
Protestant churches > Doctrines > History.
Christian stewardship.
Money > United States > History.
Argent (Monnaie) > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Protestantisme > Histoire.
Églises protestantes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Églises protestantes > Doctrines > Histoire.
Service chrétien.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ethics.
Christian stewardship
Economics > Religious aspects > Christianity
Money
Money > Religious aspects > Christianity
Protestant churches
Protestant churches > Doctrines
Protestantism
United States > Church history.
États-Unis > Histoire religieuse.
United States
Church history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Sunday morning 1750
  • Paying for God: the genesis of an American institution, 1800-1860
  • Capital ideas: building American churches, 1750-1860
  • Reinventing the tithe and discovering stewardship, 1870-1920
  • Paying the clergy: officials, professionals, or servants?
  • Stewardship in crisis and technique in ascendancy, 1920-1945
  • Changing the nature of the firm: from institutional to consumer churches
  • Churches expanding in all directions, 1945-1980
  • Ministers' wives: a view from the side of labor
  • In America you can have as much religion as you can pay for, 1980 to the present.

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