Steel City Gospel - Protestant Laity and Reform in Progressive-Era Pittsburgh

Informationen zum Autor Keith A. Zahniser is currently teaching in the Department of History at the University of Southern Indiana. Klappentext First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung This book tells the complex story of Pittsburgh citizens' struggle to define and eliminate the problems plaguing their city during the Progressive Era. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Pittsburgh Protestant Churches and Early Progressive Reform in Pittsburgh Chapter 2: Pittsburgh's Activist Laity: Agents of Moral Discourse Chapter 3: Reformers and the Search for Moral Government Chapter 4: Graft, Vice, and the Reform of Pittsburgh's Government Chapter 5: Back to the Churches: The Christian Social Service Union and the Reclamation of Moral Discourse Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Keith A Zahniser, Keith A. Zahniser, Zahniser Keith A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.01.2005
• EAN: 9780415970310
• ISBN: 978-0-415-97031-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Religion in History, Society and Culture
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, RELIGION / General, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Religion: general