This book explores the quasi-religious nature of consumerism and how American Christianity interacts with consumerism. The author uses mixed methods to unpack the nexus between the Christian faith and consumption and how habitual discretionary consumption functions as a pseudo-faith in America.
Table of Contents:
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction: "Something Else" is Sacred
Chapter One: A Brief History of American Consumerism: Late 1800s-2021
Chapter Two: The Disciples, Doctrines, and Detractors of American Consumerism
Chapter Three: Christian Economic Creeds and the Spirit of American Consumerism & Anti-Consumerism
Chapter Four: Sacrificial Financial Giving as a Means of Partially Resisting Consumerism
Conclusion: Shopping for Creeds: Why Ideological Shopping Carts Matter
