Freemasonry and American Culture, 1880-1930 / / Lynn Dumenil.
As the United States moved from Victorian values to those of modern consumerism, the religious component of Freemasonry was increasingly displaced by a secular ideology of service (like that of business and professional clubs), and the Freemasons' psychology of asylum from the competitive world...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1984 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1. Masonry in the Nineteenth Century
- 1. Masonry Revealed: An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Masonry
- 2. Sacred Masonry: Ritual and Religion
- 3. Brotherhood and Respectability
- Part 2. Masonry in the 1920s
- 4. The Defense of Americanism: Masonry's Emergence into the Secular World
- 5. "The Modern Temper": From Ritual to Service
- 6. Social Activities and Auxiliary Organizations: From Temple to Club
- Conclusion
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Backmatter