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Tue 22 Aug, 2006 03:37 am
Please explain to us the meaning of "gods of consumption" in the following context:
QUOTE Christianity: western secular values, above all the gods of consumption, have trumped Christian ones. Doubt is rampant. And Christians today are deeply divided. Yet perhaps we need not worry. Christianity transformed the west. It was the world's first individualised, activist, self-help movement. Ordinary people were encouraged to clean up their act and given God's help to do so. Everyone had a "soul"; individual human dignity and responsibility were greatly enhanced. UNQUOTE
Gosh, that's a difficult text to be studying. Wouldn't you prefer something lighter?
"the Gods of consumption" here just means the modern, high-consuming, capitalist society of the west. The implied imperative in our modern society to spend a lot, consume a lot, as though it was some sort of message from on high. Hence "Gods".
McT
That author cannot write well.
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