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Consuming Religion Christian Faith and Practice in a Consumer Culture

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ISBN-10: 0826417493

ISBN-13: 9780826417497

Edition: 2005

Authors: Vincent J. Miller, Miller

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List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 8/18/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 262
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.61" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Introduction
How to Think about Consumer Culture
It's about More than Values
Culture and Belief
Religion and Culture
A Working Model of Culture
Conclusion
The Commodification of Culture
Commodification
Twentieth-Century Capitalism
The Commodification of Culture
Post-Fordism
Conclusion
Consumer Religion
Gregorian Chant, Herman Melville's Nephew, and the Marquis de Sade
The Dual Dynamisms of Commodification in Religion
The Consumer Self and Religious Traditions
Religious Leaders and the Media
Style and Reception
Conclusion
Desire and the Kingdom of God
The Origins of Consumer Desire
The Nature of Consumer Desire
Consumer and Religious Desires
Conclusion
The Politics of Consumption
The Seriousness of Conspicuous Consumption
Pierre Bourdieu and Distinction
The Agency of Consumers
Conclusion
Popular Religion in Consumer Culture
Theology and Popular Religion
Robert Orsi and Devotion to St. Jude
"Lived" Religion and Theology
Tradition and Bricolage
Conclusion
Stewarding Religious Traditions in Consumer Culture
Countering Commodification in General
Countering the Commodification of Culture
Countering the Commodification of Religion
Conclusion
Conclusion
Notes
Index