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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792579003321

Autore

Schmiesing Kevin E.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Lexington Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4985-3924-6

1-4985-3925-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 pages)

Disciplina

261.8/5

Soggetti

Business - Religious aspects - Christianity - United States - History

Businesspeople - United States - History

Clergy - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.