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Merchants and Ministers : A History of Businesspeople and Clergy in the United States.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (261 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498539258
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Merchants and MinistersDDC classification:
  • 261.85
LOC classification:
  • HF5388.S37 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: "Heretic Merchants," "Pedlars in Divinity," and Other Colonial Characters -- Chapter Two: The "Black Regiment," "Boston Men," and Other Revolutionary Characters -- Chapter Three: "Too Little Help from the Pulpit" -- Chapter Four: The "Gospel of Christ" and the "Gospel of Wealth" in the Gilded Age -- Chapter Five: Jesus as Salesman, Socialist, Savior -- Chapter Six: "Honored but Ill-Defined" -- Chapter Seven: From Segregation to Social Responsibility -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: "Heretic Merchants," "Pedlars in Divinity," and Other Colonial Characters -- Chapter Two: The "Black Regiment," "Boston Men," and Other Revolutionary Characters -- Chapter Three: "Too Little Help from the Pulpit" -- Chapter Four: The "Gospel of Christ" and the "Gospel of Wealth" in the Gilded Age -- Chapter Five: Jesus as Salesman, Socialist, Savior -- Chapter Six: "Honored but Ill-Defined" -- Chapter Seven: From Segregation to Social Responsibility -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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