THE MONEY CULT: CAPITALISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND THE UNMAKING OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
Book ID/图书代码： 08885016B87652
English Summary/英文概要： A grand, brilliantly written work of American history
We think we know the story of American religion: the Puritans were cold, austere, and pious, and Christianity continued pure and uncorrupted until the industrial revolution got in the way. In The Money Cult, Chris Lehmann argues that we have it backwards: capitalism has always been entangled with religion, and so today’s megapastors aren’t an aberration—they’re as American as Benjamin Franklin. The long-awaited first book by a hugely admired journalist, The Money Cult is a sweeping and accessible history that traces American Christianity from John Winthrop to the rise of the Mormon Church to the triumph of Joel Osteen.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一部宏偉且令人震驚的美國史。
我們在學校學到，美國是由一批清教徒早期移民所建立的，他們為了逃離歐洲的宗教迫害來到新大陸，他們既嚴肅且虔誠，致力建立並維持了一種純淨且廉潔的文化，直到被工業革命硬生生打斷。
然而在這本書中，資深記者Chris Lehmann為我們揭示了一種截然不同的觀點：美國的資本主義事實上總是跟宗教掛勾在一起，甚至今日的大牧師們其實也並非如今特有，他們之於美國就如同開國元老班傑明·富蘭克林。
本書追蹤美國基督教的發展，從殖民地時期的重要人物John Winthrop，到摩門教會的崛起，以及當今最火紅的傳教士Joel Osteen（註１），本書檢視了美國四百年歷史，揭露美國的宗教領袖們如何對於物質世界的關注遠勝於對原罪和來世概念的關心，並導致了對於關注社會的福音信仰全被關注財富的福音信仰所取代。
本書展示美國基督教如何適應 - 並最終擁抱了 - 對於財富的追求，以及隨之而來不可避免的經濟不平等。The Money Cult是一本廣泛且富有啟發性的書，它將讓你重新思考你對於統治當今世界的美國資本主義的了解，並讓你從核心信念重新認識美國本身。
註１：Joel Osteen是美國的傳教士、電視布道家和作家，他在湖木教會擔任主任牧師，湖木教會是美國最大的基督教堂，該教會位於德克薩斯州休斯頓。Joel Osteen講道節目每週有超過700萬觀眾觀看，全球有超過100個國家會播出Joel Osteen的節目。他有名的綽號是「微笑的傳道者。」
(Zoe)
Awards/获奖情况：「一本展示了美國文化和經濟史發展的力作。Chris Lehmann揭露了為什麼美國宗教史基本上就是美國史的主軸，以及基督教的神學家如何成為為資本主義謳歌的宮廷詩人。」
──The New York Times Book Review
「博學且充滿娛樂性。」
──Publishers Weekly
「Lehmann對於宗教思想的社會變型做了深刻的調查，一本全面、充滿批判性且訊息密度極高的美國『心理自助宗教』史。」
──Library Journal
「美國基督教並沒有如我過去所以為的那樣遭到資本主義所腐化，而是幾乎打從一開始，它就開始兜售如何在最世俗的商業事業中成功的神奇思想，它根本就是字面意義上的『金錢崇拜』。這是Chris Lehmann最擅長的尖刻批判。」
──Barbara Ehrenreich，紐約時報暢銷書《失控的正向思考》、《我在底層的生活》、《M型社會白領的新試煉》作者。
“A tour de force that illustrates the continuities of American cultural and economic history...Chris Lehmann has shown us why religious history is the mainstream of American history -- and how Protestant theologians became the court poets of capitalism.—The New York Times Book Review
“Eye-popping and prodigiously researched."—Maclean’s
“Lehmann’s excavations may be sobering, but it is absolutely necessary for us to know this backstory if we are to have any hope of understanding the contemporary religious and political landscape, including the spiritual context that lies behind Trumpism’s rapid ascent.”—Religion Dispatches
“One of the season’s most substantial nonfiction books — from one the best essayists and polemicists writing in the US.”—Flavorwire
“Brilliantly written and wide-ranging.”—Reason
"Lehman tells the tale with a breadth and bravado that’s rare..."—Raritan Review
"Entertaining and erudite."—Publishers Weekly
“Lehmann’s intellectual history of the long association between Christian faith and the pursuit of the materially good life makes enthralling reading.”—Booklist
“Far from being a simple polemic against an easy target, Lehmann provides an in-depth investigation into the social transformation of religious thought…A thorough, critical, and information-dense history of American ’self-help’ religion.”—Library Journal
“Lively…Lehmann makes an important and timely point, which is that American religion has always been about money.”—Kirkus Reviews
About the Author/作者介绍： CHRIS LEHMANN是Bookforum的聯合編輯，The Baffler的資深編輯和專欄作家，以及In These Times的書評專欄作家。他為多家媒體撰稿，包括：
《哈潑雜誌》、《大西洋月刊》、《華盛頓郵報》、《紐約觀察報》、《華盛頓月刊》，Yahoo，Slate，Salon，The Awl，Raritan，The Nation，Mother Jones，Lingua Franca，Reason和Democracy等等。
CHRIS LEHMANN is the co-editor of Bookforum, senior editor and columnist for The Baffler, and book review columnist for In These Times. He has written for Harper’s, the Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, the New York Observer, Yahoo, Slate, Salon, The Awl, Raritan, The Nation, Mother Jones, The Washingtonian, The Washington Monthly, Lingua Franca, Reason, and Democracy. He is the author of Rich People Things and Revolt of the Masscult.
Format:HARDCOVER
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：
原文第一章内容：暂无
手稿：暂无
大纲：暂无