“The church has long used the concept of sacraments--outward signs of inward grace--to name the spaces where God meets us in an especially present way. For many Christians, however, that language seems abstract, even (sadly) foreign. Dean Nelson lovingly explores those spaces of encountering God; his luminous book has helped me see anew the sacred in the ordinary. I am grateful.” WayLongBookSeemsChristianUsedNamesLanguageChurchSpaceGraceOrdinaryConceptsGratefulSacredAbstractInwardSacramentsDeanLuminousNelsonI Am Grateful Author:Lauren F. Winner
“Scholars have endlessly written about antebellum Protestant thinking about slavery. Now, finally, Friends of the Unrighteous Mammon turns a spotlight on a new, crucial question: how did antebellum Protestants parse capitalism? For anyone who seeks to understand the political economy of the antebellum era-or, indeed, the complex entanglement of Christianity and capitalism today-this book is critical. I, for one, am very grateful to Stewart Davenport for having written it.” ThinkingBookTodayPoliticalTurnsChristianityEconomyWrittenCapitalismSlaveryGratefulComplexesCriticalErasCrucialScholarProtestantsSpotlightPolitical EconomyEntanglementAntebellum Author:Lauren F. Winner