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Merchants and Ministers
A History of Businesspeople and Clergy in the United States
- 261 pages
- English
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About this book
Two of the most influential forces in American history are business and religion. Merchants and Ministers weaves the two together in a history of the relationship between businesspeople and Christian clergy. From fur traders and missionaries who explored the interior of the continent to Gilded-Age corporate titans and their clerical confidants to black businessmen and their ministerial collaborators in the Civil Rights movement, Merchants and Ministers tells stories of interactions between businesspeople and clergy from the colonial period to the present. It presents a complex picture of this relationship, highlighting both conflict and cooperation between the two groups. By placing anecdotal detail in the context of general developments in commerce and Christianity, Merchants and Ministers traces the contours of American history and illuminates those contours with the personal stories of businesspeople and clergy.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One: âHeretic Merchants,â âPedlars in Divinity,â and Other Colonial Characters
- Chapter Two: The âBlack Regiment,â âBoston Men,â and Other Revolutionary Characters
- Chapter Three: âToo Little Help from the Pulpitâ
- Chapter Four: The âGospel of Christâ and the âGospel of Wealthâ in the Gilded Age
- Chapter Five: Jesus as Salesman, Socialist, Savior
- Chapter Six: âHonored but Ill-Definedâ
- Chapter Seven: From Segregation to Social Responsibility
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author