Religion, consumerism and sustainability
Subtitle: paradise lost?
By: [edited by] Lyn Thomas
Series: Consumption and public life
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230576674
Subjects: Religion; Economic aspects; Consumption (Economics)
Description: "This collection analyses relationships between religious and consumption practices and cultures, and their diverse responses to ecological crisis, ranging from indifference to engagement. The book includes contributions on Japan, Israel, Iran, Slovakia and Britain"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; title: L. Thomas; title: Part I: Critical perspectives on Religion, Consumerism and Sustainability; title: Consumerism as Theodicy: an exploration of secular and religious meaning functions in modern society;&nbsp; title: T. Jackson &amp; title: M. Pepper; title: Not Exactly a Selling Point: Religion and Reality TV;&nbsp; title: N. Buxton; title: Living in a Material World: Religious Commodification and Resistance; title: A. Mukadam & S. Mawani; title: Life in one Dimension;&nbsp; title: Right Reverend G. Cray; title: Sustaining Spiritualities in Consumer Cultures;&nbsp; title: L. Thomas; title: Part II: Global dimensions, everyday practices; title: Faith in Ethical Consumption;&nbsp; title: P. Cloke, C. Barnett, N. Clarke &A. Malpass; title: Islam in the globalized world: consumerism and environmental ethics in Iran; title: H. Godazgar; title: Consumerism in Slovak Catholic homes; title: Z. Burikova; title: Everyday religious practices and material culture in contemporary Japan; title: I. Daniels; title: Whats Not Spent is Lost: Consumption Practices of Pakistani Muslims in Britain;&nbsp; title: K. Harris; title: From the Parliament to the Market: Political Consumerism and the fight for Sabbath; title: G. Ben-Porat & O. Shamir; title: Endnote; title: L. Thomas.