id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt js956d5975v Thomas F Rzeznik Spiritual Capital: Religion, Wealth, and Social Status in Industrial Era Philadelphia 2007 .txt text/plain 184 5 16 This research advances our understanding of American social and religious history in the modern era by revealing the prevalence and potency of religious belief among members of the upper class, and by giving heed to the ways in which social class affected religious institutions and their mission. In return for their outward commitment to religious principles, wealthy individuals obtained the spiritual capital necessary to secure social status and strengthen class identity. cache/js956d5975v.txt txt/js956d5975v.txt