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Author:

Hedstrom, Matthew.

Title:

The rise of liberal religion : book culture and American spirituality in the twentieth century / Matthew S. Hedstrom.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

278 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States--History--History--20th century.
Liberalism (Religion)--United States--History--20th century.
Religious literature, American--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-262) and index.

Contents:

Enlarging the faith: books and the marketing of liberal religion in a consumer culture -- Religious book club: middlebrow culture and liberal Protestant seeker spirituality -- Publishing for seekers:Eugene Exman and the religious bestsellers of Harper & Brothers -- Religious reading mobilized: the book programs of World War II -- Inventing interfaith: the wartime reading campaign of the National Conference Of Christians And Jews -- Religious reading in the wake of war: American spirituality in the 1940s.

ISBN:

0195374495
9780195374490

OCLC:

(OCoLC)778857544

LCCN:

2012004647

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)