The Gods Of The City: Protestantism And Religio... -

In this city, the "Gods" weren't idols of gold or stone. They were the invisible virtues of the Protestant pulse: Industry, Sobriety, and the Clock.

"It's not a machine," Silas whispered, his Protestant discipline warring with a sudden, frantic wonder. "I can't fix what isn't bound by a mainspring." The Gods of the City: Protestantism and Religio...

Silas sat by his window, watching the "Gods of the City" lose their grip, replaced by the quiet, unmeasurable pulse of a world that finally had time to breathe. In this city, the "Gods" weren't idols of gold or stone