EPISODE · Dec 12, 2023 · 54 MIN

Episode 124: Christian Capitalism in Early America

from The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life. · host John Fea

In this episode we talk with Wesleyan University historian Joseph Slaughter, author of Faith in Markets: Christian Capitalism in Early America. He offers a new account of the interplay between religion and capitalism in early American history by focusing on 19th-century Protestant entrepreneurs and how they infused faith into their business and, in turn, how those businesses shaped our capitalist economy today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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