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The Problem with the Prosperity Gospelnew

Karen Spears Zacharias' latest book, Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide? ('Cause I need more room for my plasma TV), is chock full of stories, beautifully written thumbnail sketches of lives lost and found. These tales are framed by a critique of the all-too-modern, all-too-American idea of the prosperity gospel.
Charleston City Paper  |  Jason A. Zwiker  |  04-21-2010  |  Nonfiction

That '70s Essay: Or, Where Did We Think We'd End Up After 30 Years of Denial?new

Conventional wisdom holds that if you lose something important, it's prudent to retrace your steps. And there's a bumper crop of books on the shelves right now examining exactly that: What we lost, as a nation, somewhere between the latter half of the 20th century and today.
Charleston City Paper  |  Jason A. Zwiker  |  09-03-2008  |  Nonfiction

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