ISBN:
9004171428
,
9789004171428
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 220 p)
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Davidson, James D. [Rezension von: McCloud, Sean, Religion and Class in America: Culture, History, and Politics] 2009
Series Statement:
International studies in religion and society v. 7
Parallel Title:
Print version Religion and Class in America : Culture, History, and Politics
DDC:
305.5/10882773
Keywords:
Social classes
;
United States Religion
Abstract:
Class has always played a role in American religion. This work examines the myriad ways that class interacts with the theologies, practices, beliefs, and group affiliations of American religion
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction (Sean McCloud and William A. Mirola); PART ONE RECONSIDERATIONS OF AMERICAN RELIGION AND CLASS; 1. Socioeconomic Inequality in the American Religious System: An Update and Assessment (Christian Smith and Robert Faris); 2. At Ease with Our Own Kind: Worship Practices and Class Segregation in American Religion (Timothy J. Nelson); 3. Sect Appeal: Rethinking the Class-Sect Link (Samuel H. Reimer); 4. The Ghost of Marx and the Stench of Deprivation: Cutting the Ties That Bind in the Study of Religion and Class (Sean McCloud)
Description / Table of Contents:
PART TWO CASE STUDIES IN AMERICAN RELIGION AND CLASS5. Exploring the Class Cultural Anchors of Fundamentalism (Thaddeus Coreno); 6. Class Differences in Attitudes about Business, Economics, and Social Welfare among Indianapolis Catholics and Protestants (William A. Mirola); 7. Godly Riches: The Nineteenth-Century Roots of Modern Prosperity Gospel (Ginger Stickney); 8. Sensing Class: Religion, Aesthetics, and Formations of Class in the Eastern Kentucky's Coal Fields (Richard J.Callahan, Jr)
Description / Table of Contents:
9. William P. Fife, the Drummer Evangelist: Class and the Protestant Ethic in the Nineteenth-Century South (Joe Creech)Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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