Churches typically argue is that God wants God's people to have a good life, and that a good life involves prosperity. This prosperity is not just em….

The American Dream has really good PR. It's kind of difficult to live in the United States and not on some level be pulled into the allure of the Ame….

There's a separation of church and state. If you want the perks that churches have traditionally received, then abide by the rules. If you're going t….

Churches can easily bring together, in a short period of time, a substantial number of people, and politicians have to assume that these folks have t….

I think of the US as an empire. The UK at one point, because of its reach, was an empire. But these megachurches - for me the concern is to not assum….

Poor people want to be poor; if they just worked harder they could have more..

What we ought to be trying to do is limit the harm that Christian communities and other religious communities can do. But we can't rely on them to ma….

The ministers argue that within the context of scripture there's a requirement given by God that you've got to give ten percent of your income to the….

The problem is poverty. And it hides the problem. We often associate black churches with a history of protest. But prosperity gospel and megachurches….

If one has good faith, you can unlock the secrets of scripture, and in unlocking the secrets of scripture, you have access to everything God wants yo….

The key figure in the Christian faith involves a story of suffering so that others do well. You're only going to get so much liberation, you're only ….

You get a sense that it's okay to have good stuff and still claim a relationship with God. So enslaved Africans rethought their predicament in a way ….

So long as there's been black churches in the United States, there's been a relationship between spiritual well-being and material acquisition. This ….

Perhaps God gives us a hint about whom God favors through physical and material prosperity. So those who are doing well are probably favored by God..