02838nam 2200697uu 450 991082825990332120240410121534.00-19-773874-51-280-52920-20-19-802702-81-4294-1532-010.1093/oso/9780195110203.001.0001(CKB)1000000000468092(EBL)272863(OCoLC)476012980(SSID)ssj0000132480(PQKBManifestationID)11136152(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000132480(PQKBWorkID)10050945(PQKB)10658722(Au-PeEL)EBL272863(CaPaEBR)ebr10279423(CaONFJC)MIL52920(OCoLC)466428382(MiAaPQ)EBC272863(OCoLC)1406782998(StDuBDS)9780197738740(EXLCZ)99100000000046809219970506e20231997 |y |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe crisis in the churches spiritual malaise, fiscal woe /Robert Wuthnow[electronic resource]New York ;Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (304 pages)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1997.0-19-511020-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; one: HARD TIMES IN PARADISE; two: ANATOMY OF THE CRISIS; three: THE SPIRITUAL DILEMMA OF THE MIDDLE CLASS; four: WHAT THE CLERGY ARE SAYING; five: MEETING NEEDS IN THE WORKPLACE; six: PICKING UP THE PIECES; seven: THE DEMISE OF STEWARDSHIP; eight: MONEY MATTERS; nine: THE GOSPEL OF GIVING; ten: GIVING TO THE POOR; eleven: WORKING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE; twelve: STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL; Methodology; Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexAmerica's churches have fallen on hard times. But this crisis is more than economic, says Wuthnow. He points to both the failure of the clergy to confront their financial problems head-on, & their neglect of the real spiritual needs of their congregation.Oxford scholarship online.Church financeUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMiddle classUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesChurch history20th centuryChurch financeHistoryMiddle classHistory260.1097309049277.30829Wuthnow Robert1946-882687DLCDLCUkStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910828259903321The crisis in the churches4070228UNINA