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The crisis in the churches : spiritual malaise, fiscal woe / Robert Wuthnow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wuthnow, Robert, 1946- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church finance--United States--History--20th century.
- Church finance.
- Middle class--United States--History--20th century.
- Middle class.
- United States--Church history--20th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- America'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.
- Contents:
- 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; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1997.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773874-5
- 1-280-52920-2
- 0-19-802702-8
- 1-4294-1532-0
- OCLC:
- 476012980
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