Prosperity theology is for sinners
How much ARE those sneakers, Pastor?
For the uninitiated, the uniquely American “prosperity theology” is:
an umbrella term for a group of ideas — popular among charismatic preachers in the evangelical tradition — that equate Christian faith with material, and particularly financial, success.
The whole weird notion springs from New Thought of the 1880s, and three tenets:
God and humanity are c…
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