Corporate Spirit: Religion and the Rise of the Modern Corporation

ISBN-13: 9780199372652 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 216 str.

Amanda Porterfield

Opis

In this groundbreaking work, Amanda Porterfield looks at the intertwining of commercial and religious forces in the history of incorporation in the US. She focuses on three elements-the revolutionary implications of religious disestablishment, the proliferation of religious organizations, and religious organizations as models of commercial operation.

Recenzje

Amanda Porterfield's Corporate Spirit is not simply a description, or even a critique, of contemporary American capitalism; it is an exciting synthesis thinking about what makes for collective action and shared community, from the ancient world to the present. It is now essential reading for understanding Christian ethics, civil religion, and American exceptionalism.

O autorze

Amanda Porterfield is Robert A. Spivey Professor of Religion at the Florida State University. She is the author of Healing in the History of Christianity and the co-editor of The Business Turn in American Religious History (with Darren Grem and John Corrigan).