Richard Crashaw calls out those religious leaders who, like the pampered scribes attacked by Jesus, devour widows’ houses. We’ve got our own hypocritical Christians today.
Tag Archives: prosperity theology
On Christians Who Devour the Poor
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Crusoe and the American Work Ethic
A Pakistani student looks at Americans and notes their obsession with time. One can see that same obsession in Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe.”
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When Christianity Becomes a Money Cult
A new book, “The Money Cult: Capitalism, Christianity, and the Unmaking of the American Dream,” brings to mind Howard Nemerov’s poem “Boom!” The book’s author argues that prosperity theology is not an aberration but was present from the beginning of American Puritanism.
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On the Pope, Walls, and Robinson Crusoe
Pope Francis recently labeled as “not Christian” those who build walls but not bridges. By this standard, the walls, both literal and metaphorical, being advocated by Donald Trump and Ted Cruz bring their own Christianity in doubt. An examination of the walls build by Robinson Crusoe, however, shows how Christians have rationalized walls.
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