"Christianity Incorporated": Sinclair Lewis and the Taylorization of American Protestantism
In this essay, I argue that Sinclair Lewis's finest works from the 1920s are devoted to examining the conflation of economy and religion in modern America. In Main Street (1920), Lewis contends that the effort to standardize American culture is the result of the apotheosis of Frederick Winslow...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Notre Dame
[2018]
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Religion & literature
Year: 2018, Volume: 50, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 65-89 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Protestantism
/ Taylor, Frederick Winslow 1856-1915
/ Reception
/ Lewis, Sinclair 1885-1951
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| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church |
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Industries
B TAYLOR, Frederick Winslow, 1856-1915 B Protestantism B TAYLORISM (Management) B Christianity |