Religion and Class in America

by McCloud, Sean; Mirola, William A.

• ISBN13: 9789004171428
• ISBN10: 9004171428
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-15
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

Drawing on a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, this book compiles fresh data to revitalize a long overdue discussion about how class matters in the study of religion by examining the many ways class interacts with the theologies, practices, beliefs, and affiliations that constitute American religion, yesterday and today.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
List of Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Reconsiderations of American Religion and Class
Socioeconomic Inequality in the American Religious System: An Update and Assessment	p. 29
At Ease with Our Own Kind: Worship Practices and Class Segregation in American Religion	p. 45
Sect Appeal: Rethinking the Class-Sect Link	p. 69
The Ghost of Marx and the Stench of Deprivation: Cutting the Ties That Bind in the Study of Religion and Class	p. 91
Case Studies in American Religion and Class
Exploring the Class Cultural Anchors of Fundamentalism	p. 111
Class Differences in Attitudes about Business, Economics, and Social Welfare among Indianapolis Catholics and Protestants	p. 133
Godly Riches: The Nineteenth-Century Roots of Modern Prosperity Gospel	p. 159
Sensing Class: Religion, Aesthetics, and Formations of Class in the Eastern Kentucky's Coal Fields	p. 175
William P. Fife, the Drummer Evangelist: Class and the Protestant Ethic in the Nineteenth-Century South	p. 197
Index	p. 217
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