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Shopping: Christian Reflection on Everyday Practices First Edition
Author(s): Michelle A. Gonzalez (Author)
- Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
- Publication Date: 1 Oct. 2010
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 128 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780800697273
- ISBN-13: 0800697278
Book Description
What could be more mundane or less religious than shopping? Yet shopping asks us to choose our values and weigh the good in everyday terms. It also brings us instantly in contact with the myriad relations and labor of people all over the world who have grown, harvested, or crafted the food, clothes, and other items with which we sustain and adorn our lives. Michelle Gonzalez, whose work on spirituality has lifted up the life practices of Latina women, explores the rich material on economic activity and relations in the Christian tradition and the larger pertinence of our actions in an era of globalized economic interconnection.
br>Shopping focuses on the practice of shopping and its relation to Christian spirituality and asks: How do Christian justice and solidarity play a role in how we value and spend our ? Can shopping be a Christian act? Can it be a sinful one?
br>Shopping focuses on the practice of shopping and its relation to Christian spirituality and asks: How do Christian justice and solidarity play a role in how we value and spend our ? Can shopping be a Christian act? Can it be a sinful one?
