The money cult : capitalism, Christianity, and the unmaking of the American dream
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Published
Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, [2016].
Format
Book
ISBN
9781612195087, 1612195083
Physical Desc
xxviii, 403 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Books
261.85 LEHM
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261.85 LEHM
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Published
Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, [2016].
Language
English
ISBN
9781612195087, 1612195083
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"America was founded, we're taught in school, by the Pilgrims and other Puritans escaping religious persecution in Europe--an austere and pious lot who established a culture that remained pure and uncorrupted until the Industrial Revolution got in the way. In The Money Cult, Chris Lehmann reveals that we have it backward: American capitalism has always been entangled with religion, and so today's megapastors, for example, aren't an aberration--they're as American as Benjamin Franklin. Tracing American Christianity from John Winthrop to the rise of the Mormon Church and on to the triumph of Joel Osteen, The Money Cult is an ambitious work of history from a widely admired journalist. Examining nearly four hundred years of American history, Lehmann reveals how America's religious leaders became less worried about sin and the afterlife and more concerned with the material world, until the social gospel was overtaken by the gospel of wealth. Showing how American Christianity came to accommodate--and eventually embrace--the pursuit of profit, as well as the inescapability of economic inequality, The Money Cult is a wide-ranging and revelatory book that will make you rethink what you know about the form of American capitalism so dominant in the world today, as well as the core tenets of America itself."--Dust jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lehmann, C. (2016). The money cult: capitalism, Christianity, and the unmaking of the American dream . Melville House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lehmann, Chris. 2016. The Money Cult: Capitalism, Christianity, and the Unmaking of the American Dream. Melville House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lehmann, Chris. The Money Cult: Capitalism, Christianity, and the Unmaking of the American Dream Melville House, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lehmann, Chris. The Money Cult: Capitalism, Christianity, and the Unmaking of the American Dream Melville House, 2016.
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