TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mayfield,D.L.
TI  - The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy,  Safety, and Power 
SN  - 9780830845989
AV  - BV4501.M468.T446 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Downers Grove, Illinois
PB  - InterVarsity Press
KW  - Cultural
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Immigration
KW  - United States History
KW  - U.S. History
N1  - PennsylvaniaRT ONE: AFFLUENCE --; The walls of Rome --; Who is my neighbor? --; Getting curious --; Low, low prices --; How not to be a millionaire --; Lament for the land --; True generosity; PennsylvaniaRT TWO: AUTONOMY --; Liberty --; The names we give --; Fresh paint --; What is education for? --; Paying attention to my neighbors --; The hospitality of exiles; PennsylvaniaRT THREE: SAFETY --; The odds --; Mary, or, we can never be safe --; The ship of the doomed --; Good seeds --; Waking up sad --; The happiest place on earth; PennsylvaniaRT FOUR: POWER --; Empire --; Billboards --; The pioneer mind --; Signposts --; Monuments and memorials --; Learning from exiles; 2
N2  - 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 affect our neighbors. Where did these values come from? How have they failed those on the edges of our society? And how can we disentangle ourselves from our culture's headlong pursuit of these values and live faithful lives of service to God and our neighbors?
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