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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Main Author: Varul, Matthias Z. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: 2008
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2008, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 237-255
Further subjects:B ethical argumentation
B Protestanism
B Economy
B Islam
B Oikonomia
B Ethische Argumentation
B Protestantism
B Moderne Gesellschaft
B Modern Society