The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power Mayfield D. L.
The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power Mayfield D. L. >2020 ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover AwardPublishers Weekly starred review.Affluence, autonomy, safety,…
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The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power Mayfield D. L.
>2020 ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover AwardPublishers Weekly starred review.Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power. But are they compatible with Jesus' command to love our neighbor as ourselves?In essays grouped around these four values, D. L. These are the central values of the American dream.
Where did these values come from? Mayfield asks us to pay attention to the ways they shape our own choices, and the ways those choices affect our neighbors. How have they failed those on the edges of our society?
And how can we disentangle ourselves from our culture's headlong pursuit of these values and live faithful lives of service to God and our