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The Resource One nation under God : how corporate America invented Christian America, Kevin M. Kruse

One nation under God : how corporate America invented Christian America, Kevin M. Kruse

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One nation under God : how corporate America invented Christian America
Title
One nation under God
Title remainder
how corporate America invented Christian America
Statement of responsibility
Kevin M. Kruse
Title variation
1 nation under God
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"In One Nation Under God, award-winning historian Kevin M. Kruse argues that the story of Christian America begins with the Great Depression, when a coalition of businessmen and religious leaders united in opposition to the New Deal. As Kruse shows, corporations from General Motors and Kraft Foods to J.C. Penney and Hilton Hotels, poured money into the coffers of conservative religious leaders, who in turn used those funds to attack FDR's New Deal administration as a program of "pagan statism" that perverted the central tenet of Christianity: the salvation of the individual"--
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1972-
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Kruse, Kevin Michael
Dewey number
322/.10973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
BR517
LC item number
.K78 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Christianity and politics
  • Church and state
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Corporations
  • Conservatism
  • Political culture
  • Social conflict
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
  • RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State
  • HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
  • New Deal (1933-1939)
  • Christianity and politics
  • Church and state
  • Conservatism
  • Corporations
  • Political culture
  • Political science
  • Public opinion
  • Religion
  • Social conflict
  • United States
Label
One nation under God : how corporate America invented Christian America, Kevin M. Kruse
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-337) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
PART I: Creation -- "Freedom Under God" -- The Great Crusades -- PART II: Consecration -- "Government Under God" -- Pledging Allegiance -- Pitchmen for Piety -- PART III: Conflict -- "Whose Religious Tradition?" -- "Our So-Called Religious Leaders" -- "Which Side Are You On?" -- Epilogue
Control code
1590583
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xvi, 352 pages
Isbn
9780465049493
Lccn
2014035883
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1590583
  • (OCoLC)888557074
Label
One nation under God : how corporate America invented Christian America, Kevin M. Kruse
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-337) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
PART I: Creation -- "Freedom Under God" -- The Great Crusades -- PART II: Consecration -- "Government Under God" -- Pledging Allegiance -- Pitchmen for Piety -- PART III: Conflict -- "Whose Religious Tradition?" -- "Our So-Called Religious Leaders" -- "Which Side Are You On?" -- Epilogue
Control code
1590583
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xvi, 352 pages
Isbn
9780465049493
Lccn
2014035883
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1590583
  • (OCoLC)888557074

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