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001 2010034575
003 DLC
005 20110818080335.0
008 100816s2011 enk 000 0 eng
010 $a 2010034575
020 $a9780230576674 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHB72$b.R452 2011
082 00 $a339.4/7$222
245 00 $aReligion, consumerism and sustainability :$bparadise lost? /$c[edited by] Lyn Thomas.
260 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
263 $a1102
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aConsumption and public life
520 $a"This collection analyses relationships between religious and consumption practices and cultures, and their diverse responses to ecological crisis, ranging from indifference to engagement. The book includes contributions on Japan, Israel, Iran, Slovakia and Britain"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Introduction--L. Thomas -- Part I: Critical perspectives on Religion, Consumerism and Sustainability -- Consumerism as Theodicy: an exploration of secular and religious meaning functions in modern society;&nbsp--T. Jackson &amp--M. Pepper -- Not Exactly a Selling Point: Religion and Reality TV;&nbsp--N. Buxton -- Living in a Material World: Religious Commodification and Resistance--A. Mukadam & S. Mawani -- Life in one Dimension;&nbsp--Right Reverend G. Cray -- Sustaining Spiritualities in Consumer Cultures;&nbsp--L. Thomas -- Part II: Global dimensions, everyday practices -- Faith in Ethical Consumption;&nbsp--P. Cloke, C. Barnett, N. Clarke &A. Malpass -- Islam in the globalized world: consumerism and environmental ethics in Iran--H. Godazgar -- Consumerism in Slovak Catholic homes--Z. Burikova -- Everyday religious practices and material culture in contemporary Japan--I. Daniels -- Whats Not Spent is Lost: Consumption Practices of Pakistani Muslims in Britain;&nbsp--K. Harris -- From the Parliament to the Market: Political Consumerism and the fight for Sabbath--G. Ben-Porat & O. Shamir -- Endnote--L. Thomas.
650 0 $aReligion$xEconomic aspects.
650 0 $aConsumption (Economics)
700 1 $aThomas, Lyn,$d1953-