The Power of Mammon: The Market, Secularization, and New York Baptists, 1790-1922

by Curtis D. Johnson

In The Power of Mammon, Curtis D. Johnson describes how the market economy and market-related forces, such as the media, politics, individualism, and consumerism, radically changed the nature of Baptist congregational life in New York State during three centuries. Collectively, these forces emphasized the importance of material wealth over everything else, and these values penetrated the thinking of Baptist ministers and laypeople alike...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621906914
• ISBN13: 9781621906919
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"