Religion and Class in America: Culture, History and Politics (International Studies in Religion and Society, 7)

Class has always played a role in American religion. This work examines the myriad ways that class interacts with the theologies, practices, beliefs, and group affiliations of American religion. Introduction -- Part I: Reconsiderations Of American Religion And Class -- Socioeconomic Inequality In The American Religious System : An Update And Assessment / Christian Smith And Robert Faris -- At Ease With Our Own Kind : Worship Practices And Class Segregation In American Religion /timothy J. Nelson -- Sect Appeal: Rethinking The Class-sect Link / Samuel H. Reimer -- The Ghost Of Marx And The Stench Of Deprivation : Cutting The Ties That Bind In The Study Of Religion And Class / Sean Mccloud -- Part Ii: Case Studies In American Religion And Class -- Exploring The Class Cultural Anchors Of Fundamentalism / Thaddeus Coreno -- Class Differences In Attitudes About Business, Economics, And Social Welfare Among Indianapolis Catholics And Protestants / William A. Mirola -- Godly Riches : The Nineteenth-century Roots Of The Modern Prosperity Gospel / Ginger Stickney -- Sensing Class: Religion, Aesthetics, And Formations Of Class In The Eastern Kentucky's Coal Fields / Richard J. Callahan, Jr. -- William P. Fife, The Drummer Evangelist : Class And The Protestant Ethic In The Nineteenth-century South / Joe Creech. Edited By Sean Mccloud And William A. Mirola. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Introduction Part I: Reconsiderations of American religion and class Socioeconomic inequality in the American religious system : an update and assessment / Christian Smith and Robert Faris At ease with our own kind : worship practices and class segregation in American religion /Timothy Nelson Sect appea l: rethinking the class-sect link / Sam Reimer The ghost of Marx and the stench of deprivation : cutting the ties that bind in the study of religion and class / Sean McCloud Part II: Case studies in American religion and class Exploring the class cultural anchors of fundamentalism / Thaddeus Coreno Class differences in attitudes about business, economics, and social welfare among Indianapolis Catholics and Protestants / William Mirola Godly riches : the nineteenth-century roots of the modern prosperity gospel / Ginger Stickney Religion, aesthetics, and formations of class in eastern Kentucky's coal fields / Richard Callahan, Jr. William P. Jife, the drummer evangelist : class and the Protestant ethic in the nineteenth-century south / Joe Creech. "Class has always played a role in American religion. Class differences in religious life are inevitably felt by both those in the pews and those on the outside looking in. This volume starts a long overdue discussion about how class continues to matter - and perhaps even ways in which it does not - in American religion. Class is indeed important, whether one examines it through analysis of events and documents, surveys and interviews, or participant observation of religious groups. The chapters herein examine class as a reality that is both material and symbolic, individual and corporate. Religion and Class in America examines the myriad ways in which class continues to interact with the theologies, practices, beliefs, and group affiliations of American religion."--Jacket Class has always played a role in American religion. Class differences in religious life are inevitably felt by both those in the pews and those on the outside looking inches This volume starts a long overdue discussion about how class continues to matter - and perhaps even ways in which it does not - in American religion. Class is indeed important, whether one examines it through analysis of events and documents, surveys and interviews, or participant observation of religious groups. The chapters herein examine class as a reality that is both material and symbolic, individual and corporate. Religion and Class in America examines the myriad ways in which class continues to interact with the theologies, practices, beliefs, and group affiliations of American religion Drawing on a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, this book compiles fresh data to revitalize a long overdue discussion about how class matters in the study of religion by examining the many ways class interacts with the theologies, practices, beliefs, and affiliations that constitute American religion, yesterday and today.