Peter Mundey is assistant professor of sociology at Savannah State University.

• List of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: “Something Else” is SacredChapter One: A Brief History of American Consumerism: Late 1800s-2021Chapter Two: The Disciples, Doctrines, and Detractors of American ConsumerismChapter Three: Christian Economic Creeds and the Spirit of American Consumerism & Anti-Consumerism Chapter Four: Sacrificial Financial Giving as a Means of Partially Resisting Consumerism Conclusion: Shopping for Creeds: Why Ideological Shopping Carts MatterAppendix BibliographyAbout the Author

For scholars of religion interested in how the sacred plays out in everyday life and for religious leaders concerned about the threat of consumerism to their faith communities’ financial well-being, here is a book filled with arresting information drawn from a national survey and in-depth interviews. Sacred Consumption offers information that confirms - and disconfirms - popular assumptions about consumerism.

Peter Mundey is assistant professor of sociology at Savannah State University.

• List of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: “Something Else” is SacredChapter One: A Brief History of American Consumerism: Late 1800s-2021Chapter Two: The Disciples, Doctrines, and Detractors of American ConsumerismChapter Three: Christian Economic Creeds and the Spirit of American Consumerism & Anti-Consumerism Chapter Four: Sacrificial Financial Giving as a Means of Partially Resisting Consumerism Conclusion: Shopping for Creeds: Why Ideological Shopping Carts MatterAppendix BibliographyAbout the Author

For scholars of religion interested in how the sacred plays out in everyday life and for religious leaders concerned about the threat of consumerism to their faith communities’ financial well-being, here is a book filled with arresting information drawn from a national survey and in-depth interviews. Sacred Consumption offers information that confirms - and disconfirms - popular assumptions about consumerism.

Peter Mundey is assistant professor of sociology at Savannah State University.

• List of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: “Something Else” is SacredChapter One: A Brief History of American Consumerism: Late 1800s-2021Chapter Two: The Disciples, Doctrines, and Detractors of American ConsumerismChapter Three: Christian Economic Creeds and the Spirit of American Consumerism & Anti-Consumerism Chapter Four: Sacrificial Financial Giving as a Means of Partially Resisting Consumerism Conclusion: Shopping for Creeds: Why Ideological Shopping Carts MatterAppendix BibliographyAbout the Author

For scholars of religion interested in how the sacred plays out in everyday life and for religious leaders concerned about the threat of consumerism to their faith communities’ financial well-being, here is a book filled with arresting information drawn from a national survey and in-depth interviews. Sacred Consumption offers information that confirms - and disconfirms - popular assumptions about consumerism.