The Consuming Passion
First sentence
My thesis in the following essay is that contemporary consumer behavior, often pejoratively labeled "consumerism," far from representing abnormal or aberrant behavior within modern society and culture, actually discloses modernity's highest ideals...
Description
Nothing may influence and affect the faith of Christians in the Western, "developed" world so much as consumerism. Theologians and biblical scholars have often pondered the dangers and the privileges of money. But few have focused on consumption as culture or a way of life, complete with its own set of attitudes, behaviors and purposes for living. The Consuming Passion does exactly that, relying on insightful theologians, psychologists, sociologists, ecologists and economists to probe beneath and better understand what makes consumer culture work - and how people of faith might best respond.