Following Christ in a Consumer Society: The Spirituality of Cultural Resistance - Softcover

Kavanaugh, John F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0883447770 ISBN 13: 9780883447772

Publisher: Orbis Books, 1991

Synopsis

In an era of fraud, corruption, and the relentless celebration of image over substance, the message of this perennial best-seller is more timely than ever. Following Christ in a Consumer Society offers a penetrating critique of the culture of consumerism, contrasted with the personalism of the Gospel. Addressing a soul-destroying culture in which having more has become the only measure of value, Kavanaugh reminds us of the values that truly make us human. Through the counter-cultural message of the Gospel, his book presents a diagnosis of our social ills while at the same time providing a guide back to wholeness, sanity, and spiritual health

About this title

About the Author:

John F. Kavanaugh is a Jesuit priest who teaches at St. Louis University. His many books include Who Counts as Persons? Human Identity and the Ethics of Killing.

Review:

The Kingdom is coming in this book. --Richard Rohr

The more we try to ground our identities in external possessions or triumphs, the more we plaster our names on everything we can accumulate, the more we cling to surface and style, the less we find underneath. --John F. Kavanaugh

The Kingdom is coming in this book. --Richard Rohr

About this edition

• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0883447770
• ISBN 13: 9780883447772
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 194