{"product_id":"the-root-of-all-evil-the-protestant-clergy-and-the-economic-mind-of-the-old-south-9780820319056","title":"The Root of All Evil: The Protestant Clergy and the Economic Mind of the Old South","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Root of All Evil\u003c\/i\u003e Kenneth Moore Startup looks to the sermons and writings of Protestant clergy to better understand the driving forces behind the antebellum southern economy. During this period of unprecedented American expansion, he finds, clerics of all denominations on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line displayed a remarkable unanimity in their condemnation of mammonism--the open pursuit of wealth, conspicuous consumption, lack of charity, and contempt of honest labor. This trend, the clergy argued, was diverting both North and South from their best interests and would ultimately destroy the nation. \u003ci\u003eThe Root of All Evil\u003c\/i\u003e represents a challenge to any notion of an economically disinterested southern mind and culture by revealing an Old South in line ideologically with the mainstream of nineteenth-century capitalism, and also provides useful insights into southern religious life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Moore Startup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.37h x 6.35w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820319056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKenneth Moore Startup is a professor of history and academic dean at Williams Baptist College in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40908689768563,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":79.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_655a18a7-aa74-4ba6-80c7-cf4fcb8950b5.jpg?v=1691066791","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-root-of-all-evil-the-protestant-clergy-and-the-economic-mind-of-the-old-south-9780820319056","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}