Chris Lehmann, "The Money Cult"
July 8, 2016
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as posted by the channelWhile the ways of God are said to be mysterious, the Puritans often made a direct connection between material well-being and Divine approval: economic success was a sign that one was a member of the predestined Elect. Tracing American theologies from the first European Christian settlers to today’s spiritual leaders like Joel Osteen, Lehmann, Bookforum co-editor, Baffler senior editor and columnist, widely published journalist, and author of Rich People Things and Revolt of the Masscult, shows that money and markets have long been at the center of this country’s Protestant faith, which has sanctioned the pursuit of profit and tolerated rather than challenged economic inequality.
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