This collection of essays by ten of the nations prominent social scientists and theologians offers serious commentary on our cultures obsession with material goods and examines the uneasy relation of materialism to religion. The contributors assess the ways in which materialism has been understood in recent analyses of American character, how the economy shapes our understandings of ourselves, the ways in which religious thought is being reshaped by economic circumstances, and the nature of consumerism. The complement to Wuthnows God and Mammon in America, this volume challenges us all to look at materialism in new ways and suggests viable means for reversing our countrys prevailing material fixation and its destructive effects on our spiritual lives.
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