RT Article
T1 I Listen, Therefore I Am: An Asian American Approach to Post-Materialist Living
JF Dialog
VO 49
IS 4
SP 323
OP 331
A1 McDaniel, Jay
LA English
YR 2010
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1936651521
AB Consumerism is a cultural atmosphere that permeates societies when they are saturated with market-driven values at the expense of social values. It prioritizes personal needs over the common good and reduces even religion to a “brand” that people wear like an emblem. It simultaneously approaches the world itself as a resource to be managed, forgetful of the fact that all living beings are songs and stories worth hearing. As Christianity becomes a post-western religion, opportunities emerge for Christians to develop cross-cultural poetics that are conducive to post-materialist ways of living in the world. Poetics are not theologies, but rather outlooks on life or, perhaps more appropriately, ways of listening to the voices of people and other living beings. The purpose of this essay is to propose one such Asian American theology that can be a commitment to deep listening: that is, to dwelling musically in the world. This manner of dwelling can recognize that even the heart of the universe—even God—is a listening presence at the heart of the universe.
K1 Consumerism
K1 Religion and science
K1 Post-colonialism
K1 Asian American theology
K1 Process theology
DO 10.1111/j.1540-6385.2010.00559.x