The gospel of church: how mainline Protestants vilified Christian socialism and fractured the labor movement
In The Gospel of Church, Janine Giordano Drake traces the rivalry between organized labor and the American churches from 1880 to 1920, highlighting how the rise in labor and agricultural movements at the turn of the century ran parallel with low church-attendance, high circulation rates of socialist...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
2023
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| Στο/Στη: | Έτος: 2023 |
| Κριτικές: | [Rezension von: Drake, Janine Giordano, The gospel of church : how mainline Protestants vilified Christian socialism and fractured the labor movement] (2025) (Coffman, Elesha J.)
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| Σύνοψη: | In The Gospel of Church, Janine Giordano Drake traces the rivalry between organized labor and the American churches from 1880 to 1920, highlighting how the rise in labor and agricultural movements at the turn of the century ran parallel with low church-attendance, high circulation rates of socialist newspapers, and outdoor revivalism, as communities animated by a shared commitment to a Christian Commonwealth took the place of formal religion for thousands of working people. Social Gospel ministers' efforts to assert their authority over industrial affairs directly undermined workers' efforts to bring about social democracy in the United States. Cover -- The Gospel of Church -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Gilded Age Churches and the Vacuum of Denominational Authority -- 2. Christianity and the American Commonwealth -- 3. Planting the Church of Social Democracy: Socialism and Christian Socialism in the Socialist Party of America -- 4. Christian Socialists and the Socialist Party -- 5. Socialism and the Limits of American Protestantism -- 6. Reframing the Moral Lessons of the Labor Movement -- 7. Charles Stelzle's Labor Temple and the Contested Boundaries of American Religion -- 8. The Great War and the Victory of White Protestant Clergy -- 9. The Interchurch World Movement and the Christening of the Open Shop -- Afterword: On the Heroic Narrative of Christian Social Service -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Φυσική περιγραφή: | 1 online resource (329 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0197614310 |