Card-Carrying Christians - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Card-Carrying Christians write by Rebecca C. Bartel. This book was released on 2021-05-24. Card-Carrying Christians available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the waning years of Latin America's longest and bloodiest civil war, the rise of an unlikely duo is transforming Colombia: Christianity and access to credit. In her exciting new book, Rebecca C. Bartel details how surging evangelical conversions and widespread access to credit cards, microfinance programs, and mortgages are changing how millions of Colombians envision a more prosperous future. Yet programs of financialization propel new modes of violence. As prosperity becomes conflated with peace, and debt with devotion, survival only becomes possible through credit and its accompanying forms of indebtedness. A new future is on the horizon, but it will come at a price.
Card Carrying Christians
Card Carrying Christians - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Card Carrying Christians write by Rebecca Charity Bartel. This book was released on 2016. Card Carrying Christians available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This dissertation addresses the entanglements of Christianity and financializing capitalism in Colombia, South America. At its most empirical, this dissertation details ethnographically the debt upon which the Gospel of Prosperity rests. The ethnographic research, collected over two and a half years of sustained fieldwork, assesses Colombiaâ s largest mega-church, a Protestant micro-credit program in BogotĂĄ, various commercial banks, a rural Pentecostal community, and a multi-level marketing company. Together, this evidence establishes that financializing capitalism in Colombia depends upon a Christian morality. The evidence also makes possible the dissertationâ s more theoretical claim: that credit is a matter of belief. The argument begins with some reflection on the etymological fact that both words, credit and belief, share the same Latin root, credere, but then leans on participant observation, extended interviews, and life narratives to demonstrate how credit has become a matter of belief at the level of lived experience in Colombia.
Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe
Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe write by Gary D. Kinnaman. This book was released on 2003-11-03. Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Gary Kinnaman contends that many Christians are blinded by what he calls "popular and nonbiblical notions" of God. Applying personal anecdotes, stories from the lives of others, and a large dose of humor, the author challenges ten beliefs that are obstacles to the experience of God's love and providence. With a lighthearted touch, the author rescues readers from stubborn religious lies, such as God grades on a curve; the better you are, the bigger the blessing. And whoppers, such as if God leads you to something, everything will work out just great. Witty and engaging, Kinnaman may offend Christians of all traditions as he provokes them to think more deeply about their faith and their behavior.
The Color of Christ
The Color of Christ - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Color of Christ write by Edward J. Blum. This book was released on 2012. The Color of Christ available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explores the dynamic nature of Christ worship in the U.S., addressing how his image has been visually remade to champion the causes of white supremacists and civil rights leaders alike, and why the idea of a white Christ has endured.
Enemies with Smiling Faces
Enemies with Smiling Faces - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Enemies with Smiling Faces write by Donald C. Posterski. This book was released on 2009-09-20. Enemies with Smiling Faces available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The world is a dangerous place. Enemies lurk everywhere--in the workplace, in schools, in small towns and big cities, and even in the church. Their faces are various, but they are equally tempting and deceptive. Learning to recognize these "enemies with smiling faces" can keep you from falling prey to their mind-bending, heart-rending lies. Some enemies mask themselves in popular "Christian" concepts that are not truly biblical: Quick fix faith Feeling-only faith One-sided faith Spiritual superiority Other enemies are disguised as "common-sense" notions prevalent in today's world: Self-construction Affluenza Character without design Privatized faith God calls those who follow him to be "wise as serpents and innocent as doves." As Don Posterski reveals the true identities of your enemies, he also teaches you how to develop the discernment you need to find your way in a dangerous world. And because God calls you not simply to resist, but also to love your enemies, Posterski also offers practical, biblical strategies for relating to and living among "enemies with smiling faces."
