A01=Thomas F. Rzeznik
Author_Thomas F. Rzeznik
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Class Religious Establishment
Elites Social
Episcopal Church
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Mainline Protestantism
Rzeznik
Thomas F. Religion Wealth Philadelphia
Product details
- ISBN 9780271059679
- Weight: 612g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jun 2013
- Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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In Church and Estate, Thomas Rzeznik examines the lives and religious commitments of the Philadelphia elite during the period of industrial prosperity that extended from the late nineteenth century through the 1920s. The book demonstrates how their 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. In tracing those connections, it shows how religion and wealth shared a fruitful, yet ultimately tenuous, relationship.
Thomas F. Rzeznik is Associate Professor of History at Seton Hall University.
