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Hudnut-Beumler James David |
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Titolo |
In pursuit of the Almighty's dollar [[electronic resource] ] : a history of money and American Protestantism / / James Hudnut-Beumler |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economics - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Money - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Protestantism - United States - History |
Protestant churches - United States - History |
Protestant churches - Doctrines - History |
Christian stewardship |
Money - United States - History |
Electronic books. |
United States Church history |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-259) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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Every day of the week in contemporary America (and especially on Sundays) people raise money for their religious enterprises--for clergy, educators, buildings, charity, youth-oriented work, and more. In a fascinating look into the economics of American Protestantism, James Hudnut-Beumler examines how churches have raised and spent money |
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