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The uses of idolatry /

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"In The Uses of Idolatry, William T. Cavanaugh offers a sustained and interdisciplinary argument that worship has not waned in our supposedly 'secular' world. Rather, the target of worship has changed, migrating from the explicit worship of God to the implicit worship of things. Cavan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cavanaugh, William T., 1962- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Idolatry.
Consumption (Economics) > Religious aspects.
Idolâtrie.
PHILOSOPHY.
RELIGION.
Christian Theology.
Gnosticism.
Consumption (Economics) > Religious aspects
Idolatry
Religion & beliefs.
Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: everybody worships
  • Max Weber's polytheism
  • Charles Taylor's naivete
  • Idolatry in the scriptures
  • Augustine on idolatry as self-worship
  • Marion on idolatry as a mirror to the self
  • The splendid idolatry of nationalism
  • The unsplendid idolatry of consumerism
  • Incarnation and sacrament.