{"product_id":"the-economy-of-religion-in-andrew-ball-9781350231672","title":"The Economy of Religion in American Literature: Culture and the Politics of Redemption","description":"Offering a thorough reassessment of modern American culture, this book examines how economic change influences religion, and the way literature mediates that influence. Focusing on the period 1840-1940, this book shows how the development of capitalism reshaped American Protestantism and addresses the necessary role of literature in that process. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Arguing that the \"spirit of capitalism\" was not fostered by traditional Puritanism, but rather that Christianity was transformed by the Market and Industrial Revolutions, this book refutes the long-held secularization thesis by showing that modernity was a time when new forms of the sacred proliferated, and that this religious flourishing was essential to the production of American culture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It draws from the work of ﾉmile Durkheim and cultural sociology to interpret modern social upheavals like religious awakenings, revivalism, and the labor movement. Examining work from writers like Rebecca Harding Davis, Jack London, and Countee Cullen, it shows how concepts of salvation fundamentally intersect with matters of race, gender, and class, and proposes a theory that explains the enchantment of modern American society. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350231673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350231672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Andrew Ball","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057131057407,"sku":"9781350231672","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8e33a79d-d954-4047-bb2a-9928a8508524.jpg?v=1685045212","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-economy-of-religion-in-andrew-ball-9781350231672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}