Blessed are the Consumers Climate Change and the Practice of Restraint by Sallie McFague.

Name/Title

Blessed are the Consumers Climate Change and the Practice of Restraint by Sallie McFague.

Description

Religion, ecology, and economics -- "But enough about me": what does Augustine's Confessions have to do with Facebook? -- "Where are we?": living well on planet earth -- Lives of the saints: John Woolman, Simone Weil, And Dorothy Day -- Practice of the saints I: voluntary poverty -- Practice of the saints II: the development of the universal self -- "It's not about you": kenosis as a way of life -- Kenotic theology -- "What next?" living the kenotic life personally, professionally, and publicly. pages ;cm

Book Details

Author

McFague, Sallie.

Place Published

City

Minneapolis

Publication Subjects

Human ecology--Religious aspects--Christianity. Consumption (Economics)--Religious aspects--Christianity. Christian saints--Biography.

Call No.

BT695.5 .M4428 2013

ISBN

9780800699604, 0800699602

LCCN

2012034991

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references. Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier Media type: unmediatednrdamedia Date: [2013] Publication Info: {copy}2013