Religion, Business and Wealth in Modern Britain

ISBN-13: 9780415168984 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 208 str.

David J. Jeremy

Opis

The connections between religion and capitalism have intrigued and challenged policy makers, pressure groups, theologians, sociologists, economists and historians for centuries. Should economics be subordinate to morality and the ethics of religion? Has Protestantism been conducive to capitalism? How should the rich use their wealth? What roles should rich people play in the life of religious organizations? This work addresses such questions in the context of modern Britain, with three identifiable approaches. First, many of the essays examine siginificant individuals and groups within religious and ethnic minorities such as Quakers, Methodists, Congregationalists. Second, a number of essays discuss issues raised by these empirical studies from a broader analytical perspective. Third, the editor's introduction and several essays provide a theoretical angle on aspects of religion and economics such as the relationship between classical economists and Christian political economy.

Recenzje

'this is an interesting collection of essays on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Britain.' - Crucible

'...it is a good account of an era too easily ignored in the secular economic climate in which we live...' - Crucible

Spis treści

Introduction: debates about interactions between religion, business and wealth in modern Britain Part I The relationship between religion and political economy 1 Christianity, secularisation and political economy 2 From canon to cannon fire: religion and economics, 1730–1850 Part II Nonconformists and wealth 3 Methodism and wealth, 1740–1860 4 Late-Victorian and Edwardian Methodist businessmen and wealth 5 The Wiener thesis vindicated: the onslaught of 1994 upon the reputation of John Rylands of Manchester 6 Max Weber, religion and the work ethic Part III Quakers and wealth 7 The Society of Friends and business culture, 1700–1830 8 Changing Quaker attitudes to wealth, 1690–1950 Part IV Ethnicity, religion and wealth 9 Ethnicity and money making in nineteenth-century Britain 10 The Weber thesis, ethnic minorities and British entrepreneurship 11 Ethnicity, religion and wealth: a commentary on the uses of Max Weber

O autorze

David J. Jeremy, Professor of Business History, The Manchester Metropolitan University.