The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power

by D.L. Mayfield and Marisa Crane

Book Overview

>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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830845984
• ISBN13: 9780830845989
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: IVP
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"