{"id":23698,"date":"2011-06-06T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T04:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=23698"},"modified":"2011-06-06T00:00:48","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T04:00:48","slug":"capitalism-and-christian-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2011\/06\/06\/capitalism-and-christian-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitalism and Christian Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/06\/Capitalism_ChristianValues2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23703\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/06\/Capitalism_ChristianValues2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/06\/Capitalism_ChristianValues2.jpg 426w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/06\/Capitalism_ChristianValues2-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the last week we&#8217;ve been citing Frye\u00a0on religious fundamentalism and false literalism. This week we&#8217;re turning our attention to the affinity of the Christian right\u00a0and laissez faire capitalism.<\/p>\n<p>That affinity is confirmed by a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/index.php?\/polls\/poll_americans_see_clash_between_christianity_capitalism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Religious News Service poll<\/a> published in April. According to the poll,\u00a036 percent of Christians say capitalism and the free market are consistent with Christian values; 44 percent say the two are at odds.<\/p>\n<p>However, party affiliation significantly influences this view. Among Democrats, only 26 percent say Christian values and capitalism are compatible, while a majority, 53 percent, say they are at odds. Among Republicans, on the other hand, a full 46 percent say the two are compatible, while only 37 percent say they are at odds. (Not surprisingly,\u00a0among Tea Partiers a solid majority, 56 percent, say they are compatible.) Finally, 44 percent of white evangelicals say that fully unregulated businesses would act ethically.<\/p>\n<p>Add to all of this massive tax-exempt funding\u00a0of conservative megachurches, as well as the deeply entrenched influence of conservative think tanks, corporate\u00a0sponsorship, talk radio, the increasingly rightward slant of the mainstream news media, as well as the nonstop agitprop of Fox News, and that&#8217;s a heavy thumb on the scales in favor of Christian\/conservative\/laissez faire values.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see what Frye has to say about this shortly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last week we&#8217;ve been citing Frye\u00a0on religious fundamentalism and false literalism. This week we&#8217;re turning our attention to the affinity of the Christian right\u00a0and laissez faire capitalism. That affinity is confirmed by a Religious News Service poll published in April. 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