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Евангеликализам и капитализам у трансатланском контексту
Evangelicalism And Capitalism In Translantic Context

Author(s): Mathew Guest
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Центар за проучавање религије и верску толеранцију
Keywords: Capitalism; Evangelicalism; Fundamentalism; New Right; Spiritualities.

Summary/Abstract: This article is a critical engagement with political scientist William Connolly’s book Christianity and Capitalism: American Style. Connolly’s analysis of the ways in which evangelical Christianity and capitalist agendas interrelate in the US context is outlined and critiqued in terms of its tendency to homogenise the US evangelical movement and overstate its incorporation of right wing political interests. Its theoretical frame- work is also critiqued, but developed in light of its potential to generate insights into the global context of evangelical influence, including as a vehicle for capitalist values. This is explored in terms of US influence upon British evangelicalism and what this reveals about the circulation of evangelical-capitalist ideas within a transatlantic con- text. A case study is offered of the Willow Creek sponsored Global Leadership Summit by way of illustration.

  • Issue Year: IV/2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 257-280
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English