Has the Body of Christ been Made into a Commodity?
The article argues the commercialization of the body of Jesus Christ which has been made into a commodity. It mentions that a confluence of religion, media, and technology can be acutely felt when the history of the production of communion wafers in the U.S. over the past seventy years is uncovered....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2016]
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| In: |
The expository times
Year: 2016, Volume: 127, Issue: 5, Pages: 225-229 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments NCE Business ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
COMMERCIAL products
B Religion B COMMUNION bread B Jesus Christ B LATOUR, Bruno, 1947- |
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| Summary: | The article argues the commercialization of the body of Jesus Christ which has been made into a commodity. It mentions that a confluence of religion, media, and technology can be acutely felt when the history of the production of communion wafers in the U.S. over the past seventy years is uncovered. It states on an iconoclash which is a neologism created by sociologist Bruno Latour to explain the suspension of iconoclastic gestures. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5308 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The expository times
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0014524615620347 |