Steel City Gospel: Protestant Laity and Reform in Progressive-Era Pittsburgh / Edition 1

by Keith A. Zahniser

Overview

Demonstrating the power religious language, ideas, and institutions had in shaping progressive reform in Pittsburgh, this cross-disciplinary study addresses significant debates in the fields of Progressive-Era political history and American religious history, while telling the story of an industrial city in a crucial era of change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415970310
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/04/2005
Series:	Religion in History, Society and Culture , #8
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Keith A. Zahniser is currently teaching in the Department of History at the University of Southern Indiana.

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: Pittsburgh Protestant Churches and Early Progressive Reform in Pittsburgh Chapter 2: Pittsburgh's Activist Laity: Agents of Moral Discourse Chapter 3: Reformers and the Search for Moral Government Chapter 4: Graft, Vice, and the Reform of Pittsburgh's Government Chapter 5: Back to the Churches: The Christian Social Service Union and the Reclamation of Moral Discourse Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index