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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 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-139780520380028
eBay Product ID (ePID)22049049480
Product Key Features
Number of Pages312 Pages
Publication NameCard-Carrying Christians: Debt and the Making of Free Market Spirituality in Colombia
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEconomics, Anthropology, History
Publication Year2021
TypeTextbook
AuthorRebecca C. Bartel
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight408 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorRebecca C. Bartel
TopicReligious History, Christianity