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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction: Consumption Matters | |
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Consumerism Distinguished from Consumption | |
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Consumption: Beyond Sociology | |
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Refining the Definition | |
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The Moral Import of Consumption | |
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Four Considerations | |
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Methods, Perspective, and Audience | |
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To Avoid Sin | |
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Consumption Practices of Francis, Woolman, and Sider | |
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Asceticism, Poverty, and Simplicity | |
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Complicity in Consumption | |
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The Economy of Avoiding Sin | |
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The Importance of Avoiding Sin in Consumption | |
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To Embrace Creation | |
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The Earth Is Fruitful and Blessings Abound | |
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Human Hungers Are Not Sinful | |
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We Should Consume with Gratitude, Savoring, and Sharing | |
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Wealth May Be Virtuous | |
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We Are God's Beloved Children | |
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Good Stewardship of Blessings | |
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Consumption and Creation | |
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To Love the Neighbor | |
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What Is Love? | |
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Love of Self | |
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Love of Close Others | |
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Love of Somewhat Distant Others | |
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Love of Place | |
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Love of Faraway Others | |
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Love of God | |
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Envisioning a Better Life for All Neighbors | |
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To Envision the Future | |
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Sabbath Keeping | |
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Who Observes the Sabbath? | |
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What Does Sabbath Keeping Entail? | |
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How Observing a Sabbath Affects Consumption | |
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Eucharist | |
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What It Means to Take the Eucharist | |
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What Makes the Eucharist Eschatological? | |
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What the Eucharist Teaches about Consumption | |
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Beyond Bread and Wine | |
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Sabbath, Eucharist, and Visions of the Future | |
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Conclusion: Considered Consumption | |
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Four Considerations | |
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Considerations Working Together: Three Contemporary Authors | |
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An Ethics of Discernment | |
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Some Examples: Transportation and Meat | |
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Consumerism Revisited | |
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Notes | |
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Index | |