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Holy Toledo is the first biography of one of the most remarkable social reformers of this century. It is the story of one man's attempts to remake himself, the workplace, and the city along Christian democratic lines. Jones was a deeply divided man: the successful businessman turned reformer who, after more than a decade of remarkable fidelity to the Golden Rule, still believed he had failed.
Unlike most progressive reformers, Jones was in a position to initiate real change. His factory workers shared in the profits and took advantage of day-care facilities for their children. As mayor, he was a nationally revered public figure who supported municipal ownership of utilities, ended the practice of jailing the homeless, and made available free legal counsel to those who needed it.
Marnie Jones relies upon a rich collection of unpublished documents to tell the compelling story of the only man in America to have run a city on the principles of the Sermon on the Mount.
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Biography, Christian Socialism, History, Mayors, Politics and government, Social reformers, Socialism, Christian, Christian biographyPlaces
Ohio, Toledo, Toledo (Ohio)Times
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Holy Toledo: Religion and Politics in the Life of Golden Rule Jones
2021, University Press of Kentucky
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0813193923 9780813193922
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Holy Toledo: Religion and Politics in the Life of Golden Rule Jones
2014, University Press of Kentucky
in English
0813159628 9780813159621
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Holy Toledo: religion and politics in the life of "Golden Rule" Jones
1998, University Press of Kentucky
in English
0813120624 9780813120621
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-278) and index.
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