Sacred Consumption

The Religions of Christianity and Consumerism in America

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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How does consumerism function as a quasi-religion in America, and how does the Christian faith interact with the consumerist pseudo-faith? Answering these questions is the focus of Sacred Consumption: The Religions of Christianity and Consumerism in America. Peter Mundey draws on both quantitative and qualitative data to explore how habitually consuming nonessentials is sacred in American culture and how the Christian sacred interacts with such consumption. Mundey unpacks the history of American consumerism and the creeds of consumerism. Christian creeds related to both consuming and financial giving are also discussed, illuminating the ways that Christianity can fuel, resist, and passively ignore consumerism. Mundey’s emphasis throughout is to enumerate the underlying cultural ideology derived from both Christianity and consumerism that partially makes and shapes American consumers.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-04-25
Mått158 x 237 x 18 mm
Vikt413 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor162
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498591614

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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.