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Brian Niece on Book Comments: “Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire” by William Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh has regularly been a voice of dissent in the face of accepted cultural norms of post-modernism. Yet, his is not a pessimistic voice, but a voice that speaks into the hope of God’s reconciling and redeeming work.
This little gem of a book is an easy read; quite unlike his previous Torture and Eucharist. There are certain strains of familiarity with Marva J. Dawn’s Unfettered Hope.
Cavanaugh argues that our general notions of globalism and consumerism have been waterd down. Or better yet, they have been too narrow.
In the face of globalism, Cavanaugh paints a Christian communal response that honors the particular in the macrocosms of cultural.
The bottom line is that we do not have an appropriate theology of God’s abundance. Cavanaugh essentially seeks to answer the question, “Do we really believe God provides his people with all they need to be his people?”
If the answer is “Yes” then we have a different paradigm and story from which to live. God’s Economy tells a different story with different practices and different reference points.
SO TELL ME SOMETHING:
Have you read the book? What have you learned about God’s economy?
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Brian Niece
www.brianniece.com
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