Did Christianity Cause the Crash?

“Demographically, the growth of the prosperity gospel tracks fairly closely to the pattern of foreclosure hot spots.” Fascinating article. The prosperity gospel sounds a lot like Grant Morrison’s description of chaos magic.

The author hits upon two threads in American religions that I hadn’t really thought about in this way: “The self-made man imagines a coherent universe where earthly rewards match merits. The confidence man lives in a culture of chance, with “grace as a kind of spiritual luck, a free gift from God.”