Glitzy dollar sign rings; a large gold dollar pendant. For most Christians, this would be just one sign of our culture's soulless materialism--as exemplified by this pastor's podcast on "Being a Christian in This Age of Bling."
But be not deceived--this isn't an outtake from a remake of Pretty Fly for a White Guy. It's actually a photo from a gathering of Soulinthecity London, a Christian social enterprise endorsed by Prime Minister Tony Blair. In many ways it is a hybrid of evangelical faith with the liberal social gospel, as public service itself becomes an act of worship. In this light, the bling pictured here becomes ironic commentary, a subversive joke that one might even call redemptive.
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