Card-Carrying Christians: Debt and the Making of Free Market Spirituality in Colombia

By: Rebecca C. Bartel

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Synopsis: In the waning years of Latin America's longest and bloodiest civil war, the rise of an unlikely duo is transforming Colombia: Christianity and access to credit. In her exciting new book, Rebecca C. Bartel details how surging evangelical conversions and widespread access to credit cards, microfinance programs, and mortgages are changing how millions of Colombians envision a more prosperous future. Yet programs of financialization propel new modes of violence. As prosperity becomes conflated with peace, and debt with devotion, survival only becomes possible through credit and its accompanying forms of indebtedness. A new future is on the horizon, but it will come at a price.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 312 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780520977068
Related ISBNs:: 9780520380011, 9780520380028
Publisher:: University of California Press
Date of Addition:: 05/24/21
Copyrighted By:: Rebecca C. Bartel
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.