The Prosperity Gospel: Evangelicalism & Personal Finance, Part I
The Financial Confessions
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Exploring the Intersection of Money, Religion, and Sexuality
The chapter delves into the experiences of a former full-time ministry member who came out in 2009 and lost everything, touching on the transactional relationship with money in religion, the history of wealth and capital in Catholicism, and the influence of the prosperity gospel in evangelicalism. It discusses the contrast between the historical focus on simplicity in Protestant churches and the current emphasis on material wealth and success in evangelicalism.
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