Gray Fitzgerald presents Capitalism Converts Christianity
Schedule
Thu, 15 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
45 S Main St, Concord, NH, United States, New Hampshire 03301 | Concord, NH
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Concord author Gray Fitzgerald visits Gibson's Bookstore with his new book, Capitalism Converts Christianity.Capitalism Converts Christianity tells the story of the church’s unconscious, unacknowledged enslavement to the values and behaviors of capitalism. But Capitalism Converts Christianity also shows the transformation that is possible in the church’s beliefs and behaviors around money and possessions. The book tells two kinds of stories: accounts of countries, industries and corporations that committed unspeakable crimes for profit, and conversion accounts of saints who followed Jesus’ teachings about money with love, courage, and faithfulness. These surprising conversion stories inspire us to become agents of transformation in the culture in which we live; they help us align our lives more closely to the values found in the scriptures we espouse. Finally, these stories help us live into transformation, imagining what God’s kingdom on earth could look like.
About the author: Gray Fitzgerald has been active in lay ministry and social services for much of his life. He volunteered in Ecuador with the Peace Corps, was a lay leader in an Atlanta inner-city church, served with a nonviolent ecumenical group in wartime Nicaragua, headed up volunteer construction for an Atlanta inner-city housing program, visited inmates throughout the Georgia prison system, counseled individual and families coping with mental illness, and pastored two small United Church of Christ congregations in New Hampshire. In retirement, he continued to live in NH and was active in the UCC’s peace and justice activities. In recent years, he has focused on writing a book concerned with his belief that rather than the church converting our society to the values of our faith regarding money, property, and wealth, the culture has instead converted the church to the values of the culture in those areas.
Can't make this event? Order the book through the Gibson's Bookstore website and we'll have it signed for you at the event.
https://gibsonsbookstore.com/event/capitalism-converts-christianity
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