Consumerism as Folk Religion: Transcendence, Probation and Dissatisfaction with Capitalism
@article{Varul2015ConsumerismAF,
title={Consumerism as Folk Religion: Transcendence, Probation and Dissatisfaction with Capitalism},
author={Matthias Zick Varul},
journal={Studies in Christian Ethics},
year={2015},
volume={28},
pages={447 - 460}
}Consumerism will be understood as a ‘folk religion’, as a contemporary everyday way to make sense of and deal with transcendence. Contrary to longstanding critiques I will argue that consumerism also carries an ethical potential that comes into conflict with the results of the capitalist order of production.
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