Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 158 pages)
ISBN:
9781501330940
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9781501330957
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9781501330933
Series Statement:
Reading Augustine
Content:
"The Reading Augustine series presents short, engaging books offering personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo's contributions to western philosophical, literary, and religious life. Mark Clavier's On Consumer Culture, Identity, The Church and the Rhetorics of Delight draws on Augustine of Hippo to provide a theological explanation for the success of marketing and consumer culture. Augustine's thought, rooted in rhetorical theory, presents a brilliant understanding of the experiences of damnation and salvation that takes seriously the often hidden psychology of human motivation. Clavier examines how Augustine's keen insight into the power of delight over personal notions of freedom and self-identity can be used to shed light on how the constant lure of promised happiness shapes our identities as consumers. From Augustine's perspective, it is only by addressing the sources of delight within consumerism and by rediscovering the wellsprings of God's delight that we can effectively challenge consumer culture. To an age awash with commercial rhetoric, the fifth-century Bishop of Hippo offers a theological rhetoric that is surprisingly contemporary and insightful."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Content:
Part 1. Worldly rhetoric -- Part 2. Heavenly rhetoric -- Part 3. The mission and ministry of God's rhetoric
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and index
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501330926
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501330919
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Clavier, Mark On consumer culture, identity, the church and the rhetorics of delight London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019 ISBN 9781501330919
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1501330918
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501330926
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1501330926
Language:
English
Keywords:
Augustinus, Aurelius Heiliger 354-430
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Verbrauch
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Verbraucher
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Christliche Ethik
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781501330940
