SERIES ON THEOLOGY AND ETHICS1st in the series:
Christianity and a critique of consumerism Department of Religion and Theology 
University of the Western Cape Author: Ernst M. Conradie Price: R30.00 (14% VAT included) A survey of six points of entry explores the question to determine whether and to what extent the ideology of consumerism has influenced the church in a lower middle class context in South Africa. This publication emerged from a postgraduate course that was offered at the University of the Western Cape in the first semester of 2007. INDEX
About the author
1. Consumerism: The need for conceptual clarity
2. “The consumer society is not sustainable” –An ecological critique
3. “Consumerism exacerbates economic injustices” – The economic critique
4. “The affluent have become the victims of their own desires” – Consumerism and social and psychological health
5. “Consumerism undermines virtue and breeds vices” – Consumerism and virtue ethics
6. “The consumer society encourages commercialised cultural and religious practices” – A hermeneutical critique
7. “Consumerism amounts to idolatry” – A theological critique
8. “Without a theological vision, a critique of consumerism will perish” – Some concluding comments FILE SIZE: 2MB KOOP HIER / BUY NOW
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