Historical overlap between retail religion and politics

Monday, February 25th, 2019

John Wanamaker changed the way Americans, and eventually, the rest of the world shopped.

The first Wanamaker’s department store was designed to evoke the interior of a vast church. It was one of the ways in which the store’s founder translated his Christianity into the retail experience.

Nicole C. Kirk’s new book Wanamaker’s Temple: The Business of Religion in an Iconic Department Store delves into how religious and political beliefs shaped his retail empire. Read more

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