Steel City gospel : Protestant laity and reform in Progressive-Era Pittsburgh / Keith A. Zahniser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zahniser, Keith A., 1964-

Series:

Religion in history, society & culture ; 8.

Religion in history, society & culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protestant churches--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History--20th century.

Protestant churches.

Christianity and politics--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History--20th century.

Christianity and politics.

Church and social problems--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History--20th century.

Church and social problems.

Christianity and politics--Protestant churches--History--20th century.

Church and social problems--Protestant churches--History--20th century.

Church and social problems--Protestant churches.

History.

Christianity and politics--Protestant churches.

Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Church history--20th century.

Pittsburgh (Pa.).

Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.

Physical Description:

xii, 275 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

"Steel City Gospel" tells the complex story of Pittsburgh citizens' struggle to define and eliminate the problems plaguing their city during the Progressive Era. Despite liberal churches' desire to "stay out of politics," Pittsburgh's socially conscious Protestant laity undertook and promoted the city's most significant reform. Demonstrating the power religious language, ideas, and institutions had in shaping progressive reform in Pittsburgh, this cross-disciplinary study addresses significant debates in the fields of Progressive-Era political history and American religious history, while telling the story of an industrial city in a crucial era of change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-266) and index.

ISBN:

0415970318

OCLC:

56967089