In pursuit of the Almighty's dollar : a history of money and American Protestantism / James Hudnut-Beumler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hudnut-Beumler, James David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Economics.

Money--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Money.

Protestantism--United States--History.

Protestantism.

Protestant churches--United States--History.

Protestant churches.

History.

United States.

Protestant churches--Doctrines--History.

Protestant churches--Doctrines.

Christian stewardship.

United States--Church history.

Church history.

Money--United States--History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2007]

Summary:

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 from colonial times to the present and considers what these practices say about both religion and American culture.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-259) and index.

ISBN:

0807830798

9780807830796

OCLC:

70334998