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Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire
Should Christians be for or against the free market? For or against globalization? How are we to live in a world of scarcity? William Cavanaugh uses Christian resources to incisively address basic economic matters -- the free market, consumer culture, globalization, and scarcity -- arguing that we should not just accept these as givens but should instead change the terms of the debate. Among other things, Cavanaugh discusses how God, in the Eucharist, forms us to consume and be consumed rightly. Examining pathologies of desire in contemporary "free market" economies, Being Consumed puts forth a positive and inspiring vision of how the body of Christ can engage in economic alternatives. At every turn, Cavanaugh illustrates his theological analysis with concrete examples of Christian economic practices..
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Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole
"Powerful and disturbing No one who cares about the future of our public life can afford to ignore this book."—Jackson LearsA powerful sequel to Benjamin R. Barber's best-selling Jihad vs. McWorld, Consumed offers a vivid portrait of an overproducing global economy that targets children as consumers in a market where there are never enough shoppers and where the primary goal is no longer to manufacture goods but needs. To explain how and why this has come about, Barber brings together extensive empirical research with an original theoretical framework for understanding our contemporary predicament. He asserts that in place of the Protestant ethic once associated with capitalism—encouraging self-restraint, preparing for the future, protecting and self-sacrificing for children and community, and other characteristics of adulthood—we are constantly being seduced into an "infantilist" ethic of consumption..
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Fool's Gold: Color Me Consumed (TrueColors Series #6)
Hannah doesn't think she'll ever be able to keep up with the rich girls--but that doesn't stop her from trying. In the process, Hannah is forced to come to grips with what she values most: beauty on the inside, or beauty on the outside .
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Consumed in Freedom's Flame: A Novel of Ireland's Struggle for Freedom 1916-1921
CONSUMED IN FREEDOM'S FLAME is the exciting story of a fictional hero, Aran Roe O'Neill, and his resolute commitment to Ireland and its quest for independence Together with a small group of other republicans, Aran fights for his nation's freedom during the early part of the twentieth century. The story weaves fact and fiction around the exploits of this youthful Irishman and his adventurous friends from Dublin's 1916 Easter Rising to the ensuing Irish war for independence. Theirs is the troubled and tormented account of Ireland's attempt to control its own destiny in the face of resolute British opposition and the intervention of Fate's cruel hand. The book provides both historical background and imaginative detail seen through the eyes of this romantically brave young man as he seeks to free his homeland from the bonds of British entanglement. Patrick Pearse, Michael Collins and other historical figures of the period are described in vivid detail as Aran joins them in the common pursuit of emancipation from the Strangers' colonial grasp..
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Consumed by Your Fire of Love: Meditations, Prayers, and Exercises that Heal and Inspire
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Through the Eyes of a Prophet
Prophet Shirley Ujimori has had no human training to paint or draw, but when consumed by the Holy Spirit of God, she is moved to express God's will through these mediums. In times of consumption by the Spirit, God has taken the dreams and visions He has given to the prophet to bring life to His desire for closeness with His people. This book is intended to show God's love and desire for all those who want to know Him through heavenly revelation. By His will, heaven is opened to make visible Angelic beings in digital imagery. God reveals what the past and future holds through the prophets painted images. Pastel drawings lay bare the prophets walking daily with God so that we may have comfort in knowing that God is watching over us and is understanding our daily plights..
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