Bibliograph

The blessings of business, how corporations shaped conservative Christianity, Darren E. Grem

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The blessings of business, how corporations shaped conservative Christianity, Darren E. Grem

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The blessings of business

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

939243524

Responsibility statement

Darren E. Grem

Sub title

how corporations shaped conservative Christianity

Summary

"Tells the largely forgotten story of the historical ties between conservative Protestants and corporate America; shows how business executives have been crucial to the growth of modern evangelicalism; explains how evangelicals attached their social and religious aspirations to American corporate culture and the private sector."--Https://global.oup.com

Table Of Contents

Part I. How big businessmen shaped conservative evangelicalism. Fundamentalist fronts: Herbert J. Taylor, businessmen, and the "revival" of conservative evangelicalism -- Corporate convictions: Billy Graham, big business, and the new evangelicalism -- Corporate crusades: markets, missions, and R.G. LeTourneau's cold war -- Part II. How conservative evangelicalism became big business. Marketplace missions: Chick-fil-A and the evangelical business sector -- Culture industries: Heritage USA and the corporatization of evangelical culture -- Free-market faith: Zig Ziglar and the business of evangelical culture war

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