The Pew and the Picket Line: Christianity and the American Working Class

Cantwell, Christophe

ISBN 10: 0252039998 / ISBN 13: 9780252039997

Published by University of Illinois Press, 2016

About this Item

Editor(s): Cantwell, Christopher D.; Carter, Heath W.; Drake, Janine Giordano. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR; JP; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534. . 2016. Hardback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Pew and the Picket Line: Christianity and the American Working Class
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252039998
• ISBN 13: 9780252039997
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The Pew and the Picket Line collects works from a new generation of scholars working at the nexus where religious history and working-class history converge. Focusing on Christianity and its unique purchase in America, the contributors use in-depth local histories to illustrate how Americans male and female, rural and urban, and from a range of ethnic backgrounds dwelt in a space between the church and the shop floor. Their vivid essays show Pentecostal miners preaching prosperity while seeking miracles in the depths of the earth, while aboveground black sharecroppers and white Protestants establish credit unions to pursue a joint vision of cooperative capitalism. Innovative and essential, The Pew and the Picket Line reframes venerable debates as it maps the dynamic contours of a landscape sculpted by the powerful forces of Christianity and capitalism. Contributors: Christopher D. Cantwell, Heath W. Carter, Janine Giordano Drake, Ken Fones-Wolf, Erik Gellman, Alison Collis Greene, Brett Hendrickson, Dan McKanan, Matthew Pehl, Kerry L. Pimblott, Jarod Roll, Evelyn Sterne, and Arlene Sanchez Walsh.

About the Author

Christopher D. Cantwell is an assistant professor of public history and religious studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Heath W. Carter is an assistant professor of history at Valparaiso University. Janine Giordano Drake is an assistant professor of history at the University of Great Falls.