“Hammond ably demonstrates that “between their shoe leather and their pocketbooks, they and other businessmen made revivalism happen,” as the New Deal turned regulation, taxes, and unions into religious issues in their eyes. Highly recommended.”

Choice

“Hammond's argument for the lasting influence of “God's businessmen” becomes more and more convincing as the reader recognizes one evangelical initiative after another as a given of contemporary American life.”

The Hedgehog Review

“A fascinating study of faith, finances, and the nature of American political life that will be of interest to historians of Christianity and scholars whose work mines the symbiotic relationship between economic practice and religious activism.”

Reading Religion

“Hammond argues that the tendency of historians to concentrate on the role of theologians and clergy within American evangelicalism has obscured the importance of lay businessmen in shaping evangelicalism’s engagement with American culture, economy, and politics. The evidence Hammond marshals here, combined with the other recent work mentioned above, makes her claim all but indisputable.”

Journal of Markets & Morality

“Well-researched and well-argued, God’s Businessmen builds well on the recent literature on the intersection of religion, business, and politics and advances the field in important new directions. Equally well-written, it will appeal not just to interested academics but to educated general audiences as well. It is, in short, a triumph.”

Kevin M. Kruse, author of One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America

“God’s Businessmen adjusts our view of twentieth-century evangelicalism, helping move the story toward lay leaders and away from just the preachers and evangelists. Moreover, the book complements other recent scholarship in showing how naturally and easily conservative and mainline Protestantism became wedded to conservative economics and politics.”

Barry G. Hankins, author of Woodrow Wilson: Ruling Elder, Spiritual President