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1 online resource (xvii, 491 pages) : portrait |
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Abbreviations -- Introduction: Business leaders and churches: issues and approaches -- Part I. Contexts: Business structures, religious structures and business elites 1900-1960 -- Part II. Formations: Church views of business 1900-1960 -- Christian influence in the formation of business values, skills, and networks in British business elites 1900-1960 -- Part III. Advance or retreat? Christians in big business prologue. The numbers involved -- The industrial sectors preferred -- Christians in big business leadership before 1914 -- Christians in big business leadership between the wars -- Churchmen in big business leadership during the 1940s and 1950s -- Part IV. Mammon in the Temple: commercial men in the churches -- Prologue; Businessmen in the church of England 1900-1960 -- The Methodist experience 1900-1960 -- Nonconformists and Celts 1900-1960 -- Interdenominational scenes 1900-1960 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The hundred largest companies in 1907, 1935, and 1955 -- Sources -- Index |
| Summary |
Explores such issues as: how did the churches shape the thinking of future business leaders?, what impact did Christianity have on big business?, and how has the participation of business people in religious life affected the major Protestant denominations? |
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00030 Great Britain 11030 industries s0030 role of in 31030 Christians |
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Capitalism Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines 20th century |
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Great Britain Church history 20th century |
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Great Britain Commerce |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-462) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL pda |
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Print version record |
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Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- 20th century
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Commerce.
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Kirche
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Unternehmen
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Führungskraft
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Zakenlieden.
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Protestantse kerken.
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Église et société -- Grande-Bretagne.
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Capitalistes et financiers -- Grande-Bretagne -- 20e siècle.
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Capitalisme -- Aspect religieux -- Christianisme.
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Hommes d'affaires -- Grande-Bretagne.
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Great Britain -- Church history -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056618
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Great Britain -- Commerce
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Great Britain.
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Großbritannien
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Grande-Bretagne -- Commerce.
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Grande-Bretagne -- Église -- Histoire -- 20e sic̀le.
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| Genre/Form |
Church history.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191674839 |
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0191674834 |
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