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Christian Faith and Practice in a Consumer Culture

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An edition of Consuming Religion (2004)

Consuming Religion

Christian Faith and Practice in a Consumer Culture

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"The most profound problem with consumerism, argues Vincent Miller, is not the consumption of consumer goods, but the ways in which it trains us to treat everything, including religion, as an object of consumption. Consuming Religion surveys almost a century of scholarly literature on consumerism, from the rise of a culture of commodities to the flowering of the commodification of culture, and charts the ways in which religious belief and practice have been transformed by the dominant consumer culture of the West. Befitting a work of theology that takes culture seriously, the range of reference is enormous, from hip-hop and The Lion King to Gallic social theorists such as Henri Lefebvre, Guy Dubord, Pierre Bourdieu, and Michel de Certeau, not to mention a variety of modern contemporary theological movements. Along the way are riffs on the cult of religious celebrity, whether Buddhist or Catholic, male or female."--BOOK JACKET.

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Continuum
Language
English
Pages
256

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Subjects

consumerism, Christianity and culture, religious aspects of consumption (economics), Christianity, consumption (economics), Religious aspects
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First Sentence

"[Introduction, pg. 1] This is not a book about religion _against_ consumer culture; it is a book about the fate of religion _in_ consumer culture. [Chapter 1, pg. 15] This book is concerned with the ways in which consumer culture transforms religious belief and practice."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. vii
Introduction. 1
1. How to Think about Consumer Culture. 15
2. The Commodification of Culture. 32
3. Consumer Religion. 73
4. Desire and the Kingdom of God. 107
5. The Politics of Consumption. 146
6. Popular Religion in Consumer Culture. 164
7. Stewarding Religious Traditions in Consumer Culture. 179
Conclusion. 225
Notes. 229
Index. 251

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-250) and index

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New York
Copyright Date
2003

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
241/.68
Library of Congress
BR115.C67 M55 2004, BR115.C67M55 2004

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Hardcover
Pagination
vii, 256 p.
Number of pages
256

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OL17105677M
Internet Archive
consumingreligio0000mill
ISBN 10
0826415318
ISBN 13
9780826415318
LCCN
2003019542
OCLC/WorldCat
53002646
Library Thing
723939
Goodreads
5422871

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