PDF-(EBOOK)-God and Mammon: Chronicles of American Money

Awardwinning essayist Lance Morrow writes about the partnership of God and Mammon in the New Worldabout the ways in which Americans have made money and lost money and about how they have thought and obsessed about this peculiarly American subject Fascinated by the tracings of theology in the ways of American money Morrow sees a reconciliation of God and Mammon in the working out of the American DreamThis sharpeyed essay reflects upon American money in a series of individual life stories including his own Morrow writes about what he calls the emotions of money which he follows from the catastrophe of the Great Depression to the era of Bill Gates Oprah Winfrey and Donald Trump He considers moneys dual characterfunctioning both as a hard substantial reality and as a highly subjective force and shapeshifter a sort of dream Is money the root of all evil Or is it the source of much good Americans have struggled with the problem of how to square the countrys money and power with its aspiration to virtueMorrow pursues these themes as they unfold in the lives of Americans both famous and obscure Here is Thomas Jefferson the luminous Founder who died broke his fortune in ruin his estate and slaves at Monticello to be sold to pay his debts Here are the Brown brothers of Providence Rhode Island members of the family that founded Brown University John Brown was in the slave trade while his brother Moses was an ardent abolitionist With race in America a powerful subtheme throughout the book Morrow considers Booker T Washington who with a cunning that sometimes went unappreciated among his own people recognized money as the key to full American citizenship God and Mammon is a masterly weaving of Americas money myths from the nations beginnings to the present. Luke 16:1-13. Different Economic Systems. Different Economic Principles. Socialism:. If you have two cows, the government takes one and gives it to your neighbor…..or they just keep it.. Communism:. Loyalists / “Tories”. Did not support the Revolution. Large land-owners. Wealthy merchants. Officials to the King. Fix the problems instead of breaking away. Why were they loyal?. Loyal because…. Gathering Hope from the Past. 1 & 2 CHRONICLES: THE BOOK. Covers same era as 2 Samuel – 2 Kings. Originally 1 book in Hebrew Bible (“Chronicles”). In Hebrew canon, last book in OT, classified among “The Writings”. rd. generation of faith is usually the most (. at risk. ).. 2 Chronicles 30:6. At the king’s command, couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and from his officials, which read:. 2 Kings 21:24-23:30. The Lost Bible. 2. 3. Hosea 4:6 . . “My . people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. . Because . you have rejected knowledge, . I . also will reject you from being priest for . 1 Timothy 6:17-19. 17. . As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty . of. riches. , but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. . You take hold of your spiritual inheritance by letting go of idols. Spirit of Mammon. Idolatry: the worship of an object, seeing it as your source. Exodus 20:3 “you shall have no other Gods before me”. The books of 1 and 2 Chronicles contain a history of the Lord’s people from the time of Adam to the time of King Cyrus and present much of the same history as 1 and 2 Kings.. Gen. 46-50 .. And these plates of brass, which contain these engravings, which have the records of the holy scriptures upon them, which have the genealogy of our forefathers, even from the beginning. —. Alma 37:3. Author & Date. Author unknown. 400 B.C. or a little after. 1 Chronicles. Structure. Chapters 1-9: Genealogy. Chapters 10-29: David. Chapters 10-12: Rise to power. Chapters 13-16: Transporting ark. So . David said to . Joab. and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are.”. 1. Do my security needs drive me to God or . “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”. . (Matthew 6:24). The . Great Gatsby. “What is the American Dream”. Read essay—. How does James . Truslow. Adams define the American Dream? . How did the founding fathers help to shape the definition of the American Dream? . 600 talents = 22.5 – 26.4 tons. 2 CHRONICLES. “…if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.”. 2 CHRONICLES. "We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.".