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Author Zahniser, Keith A., 1964-

Title Steel City gospel : Protestant laity and reform in Progressive-Era Pittsburgh / Keith A. Zahniser
Published New York : Routledge, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 275 pages)
Series Religion in history, society & culture
Religion in history, society & culture ; 8.
Contents Ch. 1. Pittsburgh Protestant churches and early progressive reform in the steel city -- ch. 2. Pittsburgh's activist laity : agents of the moral reform discourse -- ch. 3. Pittsburgh reformers and the search for moral government -- ch. 4. Graft, vice, and the reform of Pittsburgh's government -- ch. 5. Back to the churches : the Christian social service union and the reclamation of the moral reform discourse
Summary This book tells the complex story of Pittsburgh citizens' struggle to define and eliminate the problems plaguing their city during the Progressive Era
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-266) and index
Notes English
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Subject Protestant churches -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History -- 20th century
Christianity and politics -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History -- 20th century
Church and social problems -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History -- 20th century
Christianity and politics -- Protestant churches -- History -- 20th century
Church and social problems -- Protestant churches -- History -- 20th century
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Protestant.
Christianity and politics
Christianity and politics -- Protestant churches
Church and social problems
Church and social problems -- Protestant churches
Protestant churches
SUBJECT Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Church history -- 20th century
Subject Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Genre/Form Electronic books
Church history
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203496833
9780203496831
9780415970310
0415970318
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9781280282126
9786610282128
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9781135878443