Religion, Business and Wealth in Modern Britain

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-16898-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Routledge International Studies in Business History

The relationship of economics, capitalism and wealth to the ethics and morality of religion has intrigued and challenged policymakers, pressure groups, theologians, sociologists, economists and historians for centuries. Here David Jeremy addresses these questions in the context of modern Britain. His preliminary survey of historical controversies within religion and business, and the accompanying chronology of significant events since the 1770s are an extremely useful introduction for those unfamiliar with the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jeremy, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: debates about interactions between religion, business and wealth in modern Britain Part I The relationship between religion and political economy 1 Christianity, secularisation and political economy 2 From canon to cannon fire: religion and economics, 1730–1850 Part II Nonconformists and wealth 3 Methodism and wealth, 1740–1860 4 Late-Victorian and Edwardian Methodist businessmen and wealth 5 The Wiener thesis vindicated: the onslaught of 1994 upon the reputation of John Rylands of Manchester 6 Max Weber, religion and the work ethic Part III Quakers and wealth 7 The Society of Friends and business culture, 1700–1830 8 Changing Quaker attitudes to wealth, 1690–1950 Part IV Ethnicity, religion and wealth 9 Ethnicity and money making in nineteenth-century Britain 10 The Weber thesis, ethnic minorities and British entrepreneurship 11 Ethnicity, religion and wealth: a commentary on the uses of Max Weber

Über Autor(innen)

David J. Jeremy, Professor of Business History, The Manchester Metropolitan University.