Managers and Ministers
Instilling Christian Free Enterprise in the Postwar Workplace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9628087 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Fones-Wolf, Elizabeth Fones‐wolf (corresponding author), Ken Fones-Wolf, Ken Fones‐wolf |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 99-124 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007680515000070 |
| OpenAlex | W2171111900 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
This article examines the early industrial chaplain movement. In the midst of a postwar religious revival, companies, primarily in the South, hired Protestant ministers to care for their workers' spiritual needs. Many were motivated by both religious convictions and the desire to build a productive, loyal workforce. The opposition of unions and liberal Protestantism slowed the movement's growth, although over the last three decades thousands of employers have rediscovered the benefits of faith-based workplace programs. This article illuminates important postwar trends such as the persistence of paternalism and the importance of religion in managerial strategies
Faith · Opposition (politics · Paternalism · Political economy · Political science · Protestantism · Public relations · Sociology · Theology · Workforce · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Religion, Society, and Development
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Suburban warriors
State of the Union
Revive Us Again
American welfare capitalism, 1880-1940
Hero of the Heartland
Modern Manors
Capital Moves
To Serve God and Wal-Mart
Hero of the Heartland
Invisible Hands
American Protestantism and Social Issues, 1919-1939
Southern Workers and the Search for Community
Wartime America
A Democracy at War
The triumph of the therapeutic
From Bible Belt to Sun Belt
Corporate Chaplaincy and the American Workplace
Civil Rights Unionism
God's Salesman
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |