Philip Goff Jan Stievermann / Religion and the Marketplace in the United States

Description: Religion and the Marketplace in the United States Author: Jan Stievermann, Philip Goff, Detlef Junker, Anthony Santoro, Daniel Silliman Title: Religion and the Marketplace in the United States Publication: Oxford University Press, 2015 Description: Paperback. New softcover in matte printed wraps. 8vo. (3.1 x 6.1 x 9.1 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. B&W photos and illustrations. 320 pp.Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. New. Alexis de Tocqueville once described the national character of Americans as one question insistently asked: "How much money will it bring in?" G.K. Chesterton, a century later, described America as a "nation with a soul of a church." At first glance, the two observations might appear to be diametrically opposed, but this volume shows the ways in which American religion and American business overlap and interact with one another, defining the US in terms of religion, and religion in terms of economics. Bringing together original contributions by leading experts and rising scholars from both America and Europe, the volume pushes this field of study forward by examining the ways religions and markets in relationship can provide powerful insights and open unseen aspects into both. In essays ranging from colonial American mercantilism to modern megachurches, from literary markets to popular festivals, the authors explore how religious behavior is shaped by commerce, and how commercial practices are informed by religion. By focusing on what historians often use off-handedly as a metaphor or analogy, the volume offers new insights into three varieties of relationships: religion and the marketplace, religion in the marketplace, and religion as the marketplace. Using these categories, the contributors test the assumptions scholars have come to hold, and offer deeper insights into religion and the marketplace in America. . Seller ID: 100320 Subject: Business , Religion , US Politics and Government The Anthropologists Closet offers a wide variety of non-fiction academic books that are hard to find. We have been in business since 2014. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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