The Business Turn in American Religious History
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-028020-8 (ISBN)
Chapters on Mormon enterprise, Jewish philanthropy, Hindu gurus, Native American casinos, and the wedding of business wealth to conservative Catholic social teaching indicate the range of new studies stimulated by the business turn in American religious history. Other essays show how evangelicals joined neo-liberal economic practice and right-wing politics to religious fundamentalism to consolidate wealth and power, and develop marketing campaigns and organizational strategies that transformed the broader parameters of American religious life. All these essays stimulate new ways of thinking about American religious history, and about American success.
Some essays in this volume expose the moral compromises religious organizations have made to succeed as centers of wealth and influence, and the religious beliefs that rationalize and justify these compromises. Other essays dwell on the application of business practices as a means of sustaining religious institutions and expanding their reach. Still others take account of controversy over business practices within religious organizations, and the adjustments religious organizations have made in response. Together, the essays collected here offer various ways of conceptualizing the interdependence of religion and business in the U.S., establishing multiple paths for further study of their intertwined historical development.
Amanda Porterfield is the Robert A. Spivey Professor of Religion and History at Florida State University. She is the author of several books in American religious history and the history of Christianity, including Corporate Spirit: Religion's Role in the Long History Behind Corporate America, forthcoming from Oxford University Press. John Corrigan is the Lucius Moody Bristol Distinguished Professor of Religion and Professor of History at Florida State University. He is author or editor of several books, including The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Emotion. Darren E. Grem is an Assistant Professor of History and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of The Blessings of Business: How Corporations Shaped Conservative Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2016).
Preface: Business, Religion, History, and Consilience - Robert E. Wright
Introduction: The Business Turn in American Religious History - John Corrigan, Darren Grem, and Amanda Porterfield
Believing within Business: Evangelicalism, Media, and Financial Faith - Daniel Vaca
Fundamentalism and the Business Turn - Timothy Gloege
Godly Work for a Global Christianity: American Christians' Economic Impact through Missions, Markets and International Development - David P. King
Approaching Zion: Mormon Ambivalence about Capitalism - Matthew Bowman
A Business Turn in American Jewish Religious History: Women and the Emergence of Popular Philanthropy - Deborah Skolnick Einhorn
The Business of Asian Religions: Guru Entrepreneurs and Godmen CEOs - Michael J. Altman
Hunting Buffalo In Oklahoma: Native American Casinos, Constructed Identities, and Portrayals of Native Culture and Religion - Angela Tarango
St. Homobonus Shepherds the CEOs: Doing Good versus Doing (Really) Well - Paula Kane
Afterword - James Hudnut-Beumler
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Erscheinungsdatum | 19.08.2017 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 231 x 150 mm |
Gewicht | 386 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-028020-4 / 0190280204 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-028020-8 / 9780190280208 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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