Blessed Are the Consumers Climate Change and the Practice of Restraint

Name: Blessed Are the Consumers Climate Change and the Practice of Restraint
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ISBN: 9780800699604

ISBN-10: 0800699602

ISBN-13: 9780800699604

Edition: 2013

Authors: Mcfague. Sallie

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For decades, Sallie McFague has lent her voice and her theological imagination to addressing and advocating for the most important issues of our time. In doing so, she has influenced an entire generation, and empowered countless people in their efforts to put religion in the service of meeting human needs in difficult times.In this timely book, McFague recalls her readers to the practices of restraint. In a world bent on consumption it is imperative that people of religious faith realize the significant role they play in advocating for the earth, and a more humane life for all.

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: 1517 Media
Publication date: 3/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface: Religion, Ecology, and Economics



"But Enough about Me": What Does Augustine's Confessions Have to Do with Facebook?



"Where Are We?": Living Well on Planet Earth



The Lives of the Saints: John Woolman, Simone Weil, and Dorothy Day



The Practice of the Saints 1: Voluntary Poverty in Order to Pay Attention to the Material Needs of Others



The Practice of the Saints 2: The Development of the Universal Self at Local and Global Levels



"It's Not About You": Kenosis as a Way to Live



Kenotic Theology



What Next?: Living the Kenotic Life Personally, Professionally, and Publicly


Index