The Myth of the American Dream - Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power by D L Mayfield

The Myth of the American Dream - Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power by D L Mayfield

• 2020 ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award

★ Publishers Weekly starred review. Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power. These are the central values of the American dream. But are they 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. Where did these values come from? 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 neighbors?

D.L.MAYFIELD has worked with refugee populations in the United States for than a decade. McSweeneys, Christianity Today, Relevant, Geez, Curator, Resist Apathy, and Conspire! have all featured Mayfield's work. She and her husband have two small children and live in Portland, Oregon. Her website is dlmayfield.com.

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ISBN 13	9780830845989
ISBN 10	0830845984
Title	The Myth of the American Dream - Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power
Author	D L Mayfield
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	InterVarsity Press
Year published	2020-05-05
Number of pages	216
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