The rise of liberal religion
Subtitle: book culture and American spirituality in the twentieth century
By: Matthew Hedstrom
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195374490
Subjects: Religion; History; Liberalism (Religion); Publishing; American Religious literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Enlarging the faith: books and the marketing of liberal religion in a consumer culture; title: Religious book club: middlebrow culture and liberal Protestant seeker spirituality; title: Publishing for seekers:Eugene Exman and the religious bestsellers of Harper & Brothers; title: Religious reading mobilized: the book programs of World War II; title: Inventing interfaith: the wartime reading campaign of the National Conference Of Christians And Jews; title: Religious reading in the wake of war: American spirituality in the 1940s.