The rise of liberal religion : book culture and American spirituality in the twentieth century /
In 'The Rise of Liberal Religion' Matthew Hedstrom tells the story of how, beginning in the 1920s, American religious leaders joined forces with the publishing industry in an attempt to form a 'spiritual center' - a set of widely accepted religious ideas practices, and presupposi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In 'The Rise of Liberal Religion' Matthew Hedstrom tells the story of how, beginning in the 1920s, American religious leaders joined forces with the publishing industry in an attempt to form a 'spiritual center' - a set of widely accepted religious ideas practices, and presuppositions that would hold together a fragmenting society, create new markets for books, and maintain the privileged status of these arbiters in American religious discourse. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (278 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199705603 0199705607 1283858363 9781283858366 0190452005 9780190452001 |