The Economy of Religion in American Literature - Andrew Ball

Offering a thorough reassessment of modern American culture, this book examines how economic change influences religion, and the way literature mediates that influence. Focusing on the period 1840-1940, this book shows how the development of capitalism reshaped American Protestantism and addresses the necessary role of literature in that process. Arguing that the "spirit of capitalism" was not fostered by traditional Puritanism, but rather that Christianity was transformed by the Market and Industrial... Zobrazit více