Saving the Protestant ethic : creative class Evangelicalism and the crisis of work /

"Going back to the Puritans, Protestant orientations to work and economics have shaped religious practice and wider American culture for several centuries. But not all strands of American Protestantism consistently yielded frameworks that elevated secular work to the highest echelons of spiritu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lynn, Andrew (Sociologist) (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Capitalism > Religious aspects > Christianity. Work > Religious aspects > Christianity. Evangelicalism > United States. United States > Religious life and customs. Evangelicalism. Évangélisme. Évangélisme > États-Unis. Christian Life. RELIGION. Protestant. Christianity. Ethics. Christian Theology. Sociology of Religion. SOCIAL SCIENCE. Capitalism > Religious aspects > Christianity Evangelicalism Religion & beliefs. Religion. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

I. The rise of the Evangelical faith and work movement. More than toil
The Fundamentalist work ethic
The making of a movement
The four Evangelical theologies of work
II. Contours, contending interests, and conflicts. Whose work matters to God?
From the Christian right to the corporate right
From culture wars to cultural stewardship
On roads not (yet) taken.