RLG211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sufi Music, Spiritual But Not Religious, New Thought
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Televangelism dates to the 1990s, when television preaching was. 1980s television has established and people tend to blend religion and humor. Hating televangelists is common in us, north america, who was used as frauds to get money from people. To suggest a link between christianity and capitalism might seem. Calvinist puritans had profound anxiety about whether they were among the elect. They looked for signs of god"s grace in this world. One was to amass money, but not spend it. If you want a taste of this anxiety claustrophobic paranoia, watch the canadian film, the witch. Weber thought capitalism gave rights to modern protestantism. We can draw a direct line from these calvinists to the so-called prosperity. Religion is all about buying and selling objects, objects can be said as commodities. 20th and 21st century capitalism tended to turn more and more things.
