After heroism - religion versus consumerism: preliminaries for an investigation of Protestantism and Islam under consumer culture
Using Protestantism and Islam as examples, the intricate relation between consumerism and religion is examined. Beyond the opposition of religious ‘heroic’ anti-consumerism and secular ‘romantic’ consumerism, it will be argued, there is mutual accommodation and even convergence. On the one hand cons...
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| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2008
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Anno: 2008, Volume: 19, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 237-255 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Protestantesimo
B ethical argumentation B Protestanism B Economy B Islam B Oikonomia B Ethische Argumentation B Moderne Gesellschaft B Modern Society |
| Riepilogo: | Using Protestantism and Islam as examples, the intricate relation between consumerism and religion is examined. Beyond the opposition of religious ‘heroic’ anti-consumerism and secular ‘romantic’ consumerism, it will be argued, there is mutual accommodation and even convergence. On the one hand consumerism challenges religion by taking over some genuinely religious functions; on the other hand it exacerbates and accelerates a religious dynamics of probation and, thereby, invites religion to a specifically consumerist revival. The condition for such a revival, however, is that friend/enemy distinctions based on religion are transformed into a variant of the decidedly unheroic ‘war of shopping’. Religious commitment is assimilated to consumer preferences, and becomes reversible. |
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| ISSN: | 0959-6410 |
| Comprende: | In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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