The power of their glory : America's ruling class : the Episcopalians
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- Author
- Konolige, Kit
- Publication Date
- c1978
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5883 K66 1978
- Author
- Konolige, Kit
- Place of Publication
- New York NY
- Publisher
- Wyden Books : trade distribution by Simon and Schuster
- Publication Date
- c1978
- Physical Description
- viii, 408 p. : ill., ports ; 23.4 x 15 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Kit & Frederica Konolige".
- "Illustrated with 150 photographs".
- Bibliography: p. 387-392.
- Includes index.
- "This is the untold story of America's power elite, the true establishment, the quintessential WASPs -- the Episcopalians. It is not the story of a religion, at least not much. No denomination reports a lower church attendance than Episcopalians. It is, rather, the first full account of a power connection, a style, a way of life, of families who run things, whatever is worth running. Only 2 percent of Americans are Episcopalians, but as a group they enjoy the highest income. Their influence is extraordinary. Eighteen percent of U.S. senators are Episcopalians. So are 20 percent of the chief executives in the nation's 500 largest corporations. So are one-third of all bank presidents and many of the most prestigious lawyers. Ever since the Declaration of Independence (two-thirds of the signers were Anglicans, later to become Episcopalians), this denomination has ruled the country with a benign, aristocratic hand: yet until now no one has explored in depth the bonds that bind the nation's true 'in-group'." -- front dust jacket blurb.
- Contents: Links -- The Power of Their Glory -- A Church of Contradictions -- The Church of the Presidents -- Cultivating 'Episcopal Emotions' -- The Business Aristocracy -- The Refined Reactionaries -- Public-minded Patricians: The Roosevelts -- "To Serve Is to Rule" -- Muscular Christianity -- The Right People -- Bonds -- Where the Elite Meet -- Over the Bounding Main -- Making a Business of Leisure -- The Sporting Resorts -- To Reign Always -- Episcocrats in Camelot -- "The Law in Its Majestic Equality" -- Going About Their Business -- Patricians as Patrons -- The Unfinished Cathedral - "The Episcopal Church Welcomes You" -- The Thread -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
- Added Entry
- Konolige, Frederica
- Subjects
- Episcopalians - United States
- United States - Church history
- United States - Social life and customs
- Episcopal Church - Controversial literature
- ISBN
- 0-88326-155-3
- Call Number
- BX 5883 K66 1978
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)