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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 | |