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

Demonstrating the power religious language, ideas, and institutions had in shaping progressive reform in Pittsburgh, this cross-disciplinary study addresses significant debates in the fields of Progressive-Era political history and American religious history, while telling the story of an industrial city in a crucial era of change.

List of contents

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

About the author

Keith A. Zahniser is currently teaching in the Department of History at the University of Southern Indiana.

Product details

• Authors: Keith A Zahniser, Keith A. Zahniser, Zahniser Keith A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2013
• EAN: 9780415861465
• ISBN: 978-0-415-86146-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Religion in History, Society and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, RELIGION / General, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Religion: general