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| Following Christ in a Consumer Society: The Spirituality of Cultural Resistance
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Edition: 25 Anv
Author: John F. Kavanaugh
Publisher: Orbis Books
Release Date: 2006-11-30
ISBN-10: 157075666X
ISBN-13: 9781570756665
List Price: $16.00
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A needed and very good update.
| Customer Rating: | | I read the original edition some 25 years ago and it had a great impact on the formation of my attitudes towards advertising, consumerism, etc. I have just finished this 2006 edition and it again inspired my thinking and attitudes. This is a much appreciated update with current data and research. This would make a great book for a companion to a study group of any age and a great companion to a high school or college age Bible Study and I believe that it could be used to initiate great discussion on the modern age and its economic structures and values. |
Toward a Life Of Meaning
| Customer Rating: | | I knew Kavenaugh from my colege days and tere was no greater spokespeson for a values-directed ife. The man lived it and we all loved him for it (c'est domage his college at the time is now run by a tyrant who wouldn't undersand a word of this book). I would recomend this for all colege stuents of a Christian orientation as a way to chalenge thematerialism that has driven their parents and dragged them along. This book could change society. Something had better. My son is reading it now. I pray that Kavenaugh's efect on all of us in college reaches my son as well. Good bye Game Boy! |
The dynamics of commodity and consumerism are revealed
| Customer Rating: | Following Christ in a Consumer Society is a classic study written by a Jesuit priest and which appeared nearly two decades ago: its 25th anniversary edition will help spiritual collections replace aging, worn editions with a bright new paperback even more relevant today than when it was originally published. Chapters consider the relationship between Christianity and consumerism, and have been updated to reflect the latest scholarship in the area. The dynamics of commodity and consumerism are revealed in chapters which lend particularly well to study group discussion.
Diane C. Donovan
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Rampant Consumerism and Its Antidote
| Customer Rating:  | This 25th anniversary edition of Kavanaugh's work paints a strong picture of today's consumer culture marked by the "empty interior, broken relationship, craving for things, injustice of depersonalization, and flight from the wounded." The author employs examples from current events, cultural phenomena, and research studies to describe the earmarks and effects of the "Commodity Form."
He describes the commodity form as a filter for all our experience, attitudes, emotions, drives, perceptions, and behavior that reduces us to replaceable "things" valuable only in terms of how much we market, produce, and consume. In direct opposition, Kavanaugh holds up the "Personal Form," in which humans are valued as irreplaceable, capable of self-conscious reflection, and fulfilled in relationships based on mutual commitment. The personal form relies on Christian discipleship marked by such practices as self-critique, moral consistency, and prayer and supported by participation in community and the sacraments, all topics that Kavanaugh addresses in detail.
This work can be seen as user`s manual for groups and individuals serious about understanding, resisting, and challenging the rampant consumerism of twenty-first century America. |
amazing
| Customer Rating: | | This book is for all people. It is a wonderful account for the search that we humans make to "keep up with the Jones"" but never feel fufilled. It explains what is missing and why we are never satisified with tangible wants and desires for a long period of time. Everyone should read this book. Well written and an easy quick read. Worth every minute. |
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