Church and Estate: Religion and Wealth in Industrial Era Philadelphia
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2013
Publisher
Penn State Press
City
University Park, Pa.
Abstract
Church and Estate examines the lives and religious commitments of the Philadelphia elite during the era of industrial prosperity that stretched from the late nineteenth century through the 1920s. It demonstrates how religious beliefs informed their actions and shaped their class identity, while simultaneously revealing the ways in which financial influences shaped the character of American religious life as it took its modern form. In tracing these connections, the book shows how religion and wealth shared a fruitful, yet ultimately tenuous, relationship.
Recommended Citation
Rzeznik, Thomas, "Church and Estate: Religion and Wealth in Industrial Era Philadelphia" (2013). Department of Religion Publications. 217.
https://scholarship.shu.edu/religion-publications/217
