Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire by William T. Cavanaugh

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by William T. Cavanaugh

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Info:	Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (2008), Paperback, 103 pages
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I wish ... that people living in my part of the world wouldn't be allowed to eat until they'd read and demonstrated some understanding of the fourth & final short chapter of this little book. What a difference that would make! Talk abou...t "comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable!" This little gem is one of the most profound reflections I've ever seen on scarcity, consumerism and market economy. Heart-wrenching, sobering, hope-generating, true!
½ star off because chapter 3 was more abstract & confusing than helpful. (

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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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