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Author Mayfield, Danielle L., author.

Title The myth of the American dream : reflections on affluence, autonomy, safety, and power / D.L. Mayfield.

Publication Info. Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, [2020]
©2020

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  261.0973 MAYFIELD    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  261.0973 MAYFIELD    Check Shelf
Description 203 pages ; 23 cm
Summary "Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power-the central values of the American dream. But are they actually compatible with Jesus' command to love our neighbor as ourselves? In essays grouped around these four values, D. L. Mayfield asks us to pay attention to the ways they shape our own choices, and the ways those choices affect our neighbors"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-203).
Contents The myth of the American dream --Affluence. The walls of Rome ; Who is my neighbor? ; Getting curious ; Low, low prices ; How not to be a millionaire ; Lament for the land ; True generosity -- Autonomy. Liberty ; The name we give ; Fresh paint ; What is education for? ; Paying attention to my neighbors ; The hospitality of exiles -- Safety. The odd ; Mary, or, we can never be safe ; The ship of the doomed ; Good seeds ; Waking up sad ; The happiest place on Earth -- Power. Empire ; Billboards ; The pioneer mind ; Signposts ; Monuments and memorials ; Learning from exiles -- How to live in empire.
Subject Christian life.
Christianity and culture -- United States.
American Dream -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
American Dream -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. (OCoLC)fst02004371
Christian life. (OCoLC)fst00859185
Christianity and culture. (OCoLC)fst00859660
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form: Online version: Mayfield, Mayfield, Danielle L. Myth of the American dream Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, 2020 9780830848249 (DLC) 2019059216
ISBN 9780830845989 (hardcover)
0830845984 (hardcover)
9780830848249 (ebook)
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