consumerism
Inconvenient truths at Christmastime
By Phyllis Zagano — December 15, 2023
(RNS) — It seems civility has left the planet.
Happy New Year, it’s Advent
By Thomas Reese — November 26, 2021
(RNS) — The feast of Jesus' birth began by co-opting a pagan holiday. Today, it has been co-opted by pagan capitalism.
What we profess on Sunday ought to apply to Black Friday
By Rosa Lee Harden — November 23, 2021
(RNS) — Let's reflect on not just why we give gifts but how we purchase them.
Progressive Christian author Jen Hatmaker cancels cancel culture in new book ‘Simple & Free’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 23, 2021
(RNS) — 'Simple & Free: 7 Experiments Against Excess' releases March 23, and Hatmaker hopes it will not only show how she has changed, but also free readers to do the same.
‘Self-Care Barbie’ brings moral perfection to the younger set
By Tara Isabella Burton — February 12, 2020
(RNS) — Barbie's aspirational qualities here are neither those of beauty nor those of career success, but rather quasi-spiritual purity.
Pope opens Lent with call to avoid ‘clutches of consumerism’
By Associated Press — March 6, 2019
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has urged Roman Catholic faithful to free themselves from the 'clutches of consumerism and the snares of selfishness' as he marked the start of Lent.
Israeli Christians protest artwork depicting Ronald McDonald as ‘McJesus’
By Michele Chabin — January 14, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The controversy has raised questions about the limits of artistic freedom in Israel, which prides itself on being both a progressive country and the home to holy sites of three world religions.
Why we sacrifice to idols every time we eat factory-farmed meat
By Charles C. Camosy — May 12, 2016
(RNS) We want meat that tastes good and that we can afford to have on a regular basis. But Christians are called to a higher moral standard.
Pope Francis urges Europeans to reject ‘throwaway culture’
By Josephine McKenna — November 25, 2014
STRASBOURG, France (RNS) Europe seems “somewhat elderly and haggard” and feels “less and less a protagonist” in the world, Pope Francis warned the European Parliament.
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