"You Help Them Out and God Gets the Glory": Social Class and Inequality in a Fundamentalist Christian Church
Members of Full Truth Calvary Church (a pseudonym) say that they trust God for their material needs by relying on Him to send jobs, homes, and even occasional windfalls of cash. In doing so, they reject steps that might help them get ahead, such as higher education, credit cards, mortgages, or negot...
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Social Inclusion
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 127-139 |
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