Capitalists and Christians: Business Leaders and the Churches in Britain, 1900-1960

ISBN-13: 9780198201212 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 512 str.

David J. Jeremy

Recenzje

Dr Jeremy has clearly marked out the questions we should ask and how we might go about answering them.

Spis treści

Abbreviations; Introduction: Business leaders and churches: issues and approaches; Part I. Contexts: Business structures, religious structures and business elites 1900-1960; Part II. Formations: Church views of business 1900-1960; Christian influence in the formation of business values, skills, and networks in British business elites 1900-1960; Part III. Advance or retreat? Christians in big business prologue. The numbers involved; The industrial sectors preferred; Christians in big business leadership before 1914; Christians in big business leadership between the wars; Churchmen in big business leadership during the 1940s and 1950s; Part IV. Mammon in the Temple: commercial men in the churches; Prologue; Businessmen in the church of England 1900-1960; The Methodist experience 1900-1960; Nonconformists and Celts 1900-1960; Interdenominational scenes 1900-1960; Conclusion; Appendix: The hundred largest companies in 1907, 1935, and 1955; Sources; Index