{"product_id":"when-the-good-life-goes-bad-the-us-and-its-seven-deadly-sins-9780252089152","title":"When the Good Life Goes Bad: The Us and Its Seven Deadly Sins","description":"The Seven Deadly Sins have become the seven markers of success in America. Lust, pride, greed, sloth, envy, gluttony, wrath--these once-condemned principles now guide people's pursuit of the good life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStacey M. Floyd-Thomas examines how the Seven Deadly Sins have shaped the moral strivings and sociopolitical condition of American society and culture in the twenty-first century. Drawing on a multidimensional approach, Floyd-Thomas uses race, gender, class, and other lenses to break down the moral crises that define the American Dream. Her critique exposes the harm done by individual and collective practices of sexual objectification, capitalist materialism, wealth inequality, and technological hubris before pivoting to the rise of right-wing populism, white Christian nationalism, and the politics of cruelty. But Floyd-Thomas also proposes an ethic that emphasizes truth-telling, community engagement, and values rooted in humility, justice, and mercy--a new path for the US to overcome systemic oppression and create a more just society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvocative and ambitious, \u003ci\u003eWhen the Good Life Goes Bad\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a wide-ranging journey through US life and culture to explain what corrupted the American dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252089152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStacey M. Floyd-Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University and has served as the executive director of both the Society of Christian Ethics, the Black Religious Scholars Group and is co-founder of the Society of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion. She has published ten books including \u003ci\u003eReligion, Race, and COVID-19: Confronting White Supremacy in the Pandemic \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Altars Where We Worship: The Religious Significance of Popular Culture.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47834239697053,"sku":"9780252089152","price":59.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_eb7b3be7-fb6b-4cdc-b93a-c702d4ced7f4.jpg?v=1776147222","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/when-the-good-life-goes-bad-the-us-and-its-seven-deadly-sins-9780252089152","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}