The Economy of Religion in American Literature - (New Directions in Religion and Literature) by Andrew Ball (Paperback)
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- Examining how economic change influences religion, and the way literature mediates that influence, this book provides a thorough reassessment of modern American culture.
- About the Author: Andrew Ball is Editorial Assistant for the journal Communications in Mathematical Physics, based at Harvard University, USA.
- 272 Pages
- Literary Criticism, American
- Series Name: New Directions in Religion and Literature
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Examining how economic change influences religion, and the way literature mediates that influence, this book provides a thorough reassessment of modern American culture. Focusing on the period 1840-1940, the author 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, Ball explores the ways that Christianity was transformed by the market and industrial revolutions. This book refutes the long-held secularization thesis by showing that modernity was a time when new forms of the sacred proliferated, and that this religious flourishing was essential to the production of American culture.
Ball draws from the work of Émile Durkheim and cultural sociology to interpret modern social upheavals like religious awakenings, revivalism, and the labor movement. Examining work from writers like Rebecca Harding Davis, Jack London, and Countee Cullen, he shows how concepts of salvation fundamentally intersect with matters of race, gender, and class, and proposes a theory that explains the enchantment of modern American society.
About the Author
Andrew Ball is Editorial Assistant for the journal Communications in Mathematical Physics, based at Harvard University, USA.Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)
Weight: .84 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 272
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: American
Series Title: New Directions in Religion and Literature
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Andrew Ball
Language: English
Street Date: November 30, 2023
TCIN: 92442463
UPC: 9781350231702
Item Number (DPCI): 247-25-3758
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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