Financing American Religion

Name: Financing American Religion
Brand: AltaMira Press
SKU: 990376
Price: 65.20 USD
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Author: Mark Chaves(ED.) & Sharon L. Miller(ED.)
ISBN: 9780761990376

Edited By: Mark Chaves, Sharon L. Miller

By: Mark Chaves(ED.) & Sharon L. Miller(ED.)

AltaMira Press / 1998 / Paperback

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Money always has been a subject of deep concern for religious leaders. In recent decades, however, this perennial concern has taken on a new urgency as a crisis situation is perceived. Financing American Religion brings together short, readable essays representing the best, most up-to-date research and thinking on the intersections of money and religion. Sociologists, historians, economists, and theologians ask who gives, how much, and why. They investigate how money moves and how it affects religious organizational behavior. And throughout they explore how attitudes toward money have altered over time. Religious leaders and scholars of American religion will welcome this much-needed volume.

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Title: Financing American Religion
By: Mark Chaves(ED.) & Sharon L. Miller(ED.)
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 196
Vendor: AltaMira Press
Publication Date: 1998

Dimensions: 8.60 X 5.70 X 0.60 (inches)
Weight: 11 ounces
ISBN: 0761990372
ISBN-13: 9780761990376
Stock No: WW990376

Author Bio

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Mark Chaves: University of Arizona
Sharon L. Miller: University of Notre Dame

Editorial Reviews

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Chaves and Miller provide a well-integrated, systematic, cohesive, and unified discussion of various aspects of religious financing. As such, this work will take its place as both a practical guide for religious leaders and laity, and as a brief but thorough introduction to research regarding finance and religion for scholars.

A richly textured conversation emerges out of this volume in a way that is atypical of most edited volumes—particularly when those authors come from the diverse backgrounds that are evidenced here....this compedium is a worth-while addition to the personal library of anyone interested in the topic.

This compact, valuable book brings together the most important current research on faith and money....Worthwhile for anyone interested in the state of individual giving, the congregational resources available for addressing faith and money issues, or philanthropy in religious institutions.