From Library Journal
Based on a 1985 dissertation (Univ. of Pittsburgh), this work critically surveys, and makes some telling points about, the relationship between American evangelicalism and the rise between industrialism and laissez-faire economics. However, it suffers from the diffuseness that often characterizes such academic works. There is a chapter defining religion, a la Tillich, as "ultimate concern"; an overview of the "Evangelical-Industrial world view"; a selective summary of what "classical Christian theologians"--Augustine, Luther, Calvin--had to say about economics and society; case studies of Charles Finney, Francis Wayland, and Russel Conwell; and, finally, a chapter offering a Reformed alternative to individualist evangelicalism. The interrelationships among these topics need fuller development, but there are enough provocative ideas here to recommend the book to academic and large public libraries.
- Steve Gowler, Wofford Coll. Lib., Spartanburg, S.C.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Steve Gowler, Wofford Coll. Lib., Spartanburg, S.C.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
