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Title The money cult [electronic resource eBook] : capitalism, Christianity, and the unmaking of the American dream / Chris Lehmann.


BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Pay to pray -- A founding faith -- Nation building -- Free will and free markets -- Of lost tribes and latter days -- The businessmen awake -- Liberals at the end of history -- Holy abundance -- A new spirit of capitalism -- New gospels of the protean self -- Secret history.
Summary "A grand, brilliantly written work of American history We think we know the story of American religion: the Puritans were cold, austere, and pious, and Christianity continued pure and uncorrupted until the industrial revolution got in the way. InThe Money Cult, Chris Lehmann argues that we have it backwards: capitalism has always been entangled with religion, and so today's megapastors aren't an aberration--they're as American as Benjamin Franklin. The long-awaited first book by a hugely admired journalist,The Money Cult is a sweeping and accessible history that traces American Christianity from John Winthrop to the rise of the Mormon Church to the triumph of Joel Osteen"-- Provided by publisher.
System details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Format: Adobe EPUB eBook.
Format: Kindle Book.
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Other edition Online version: Lehmann, Chris, author. Money cult Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, [2016] 9781612195094
Original 9781612195087
Subject Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Capitalism -- United States -- History.
Christianity -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History.
Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Christianity -- United States -- History.
Genre Electronic books.
Other corporate author OverDrive, Inc.
ISBN 9781612195094
STANDARD # 4CD8D8DA-1AA3-43F6-AFE6-20A54C239ED4 OverDrive