ISBN:
9780195374490
,
0195374495
,
9780190231231
Language:
English
Pages:
278 S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Hedstrom, Matthew S. The rise of liberal religion
DDC:
200.973/0904
Keywords:
Liberalism (Religion) History 20th century
;
Religious literature, American Publishing 20th century
;
History
;
United States Religion 20th century
;
Liberalism (Religion)
;
United States
;
History
;
20th century
;
Religious literature, American
;
Publishing
;
History
;
20th century
;
United States
;
Religion
;
1901-1945
;
United States
;
Religion
;
1945-
;
USA
;
Religion
;
Liberalismus
;
Lesekultur
;
Geschichte 1900-1945
Abstract:
Enlarging the faith: books and the marketing of liberal religion in a consumer culture -- Religious book club: middlebrow culture and liberal Protestant seeker spirituality -- Publishing for seekers:Eugene Exman and the religious bestsellers of Harper & Brothers -- Religious reading mobilized: the book programs of World War II -- Inventing interfaith: the wartime reading campaign of the National Conference Of Christians And Jews -- Religious reading in the wake of war: American spirituality in the 1940s
Description / Table of Contents:
Enlarging the faith: books and the marketing of liberal religion in a consumer culture -- Religious book club: middlebrow culture and liberal Protestant seeker spirituality -- Publishing for seekers:Eugene Exman and the religious bestsellers of Harper & Brothers -- Religious reading mobilized: the book programs of World War II -- Inventing interfaith: the wartime reading campaign of the National Conference Of Christians And Jews -- Religious reading in the wake of war: American spirituality in the 1940s.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-262) and index
