"Are Friends Clear of Materialism?"

"Are Friends Clear of Materialism?"

Materialism and the Gilded Age

Mary A. Nichols provides her account on what is changing in the Gilded Age through the Friend's Intelligencer. She points out that the religious values people hold during the 1890s are weakening due to the increased materialism of churches and religion in general, but comes back to the fact that this need for people to display their religious values with material objects will be better for religion in the long run. She talks about how religious worship is more complicated during her time, with the material and ornate objects surrounding the church, but feels that people need these things to actually feel a connection with Christ. The article provides a unique insight into the GIlded Age and offers a different perspective from what we examined in class.

Mary A. Nichols

Nichols, Mary A. "Are Friends Clear of Materialism?" Friends' Intelligencer (1853-1910) Sep 24 1898: 680. ProQuest.Web. 30 Nov. 2015.

Friends' Intelligencer

Sep 24, 1898

Jonathan Lim