| Description |
xviii, 267 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-259) and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Economics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Money -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Protestantism -- United States -- History.
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Protestant churches -- United States -- History.
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Protestant churches -- Doctrines -- History.
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Christian stewardship.
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Money -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Church history.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0807830798 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780807830796 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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