Tom Beaudoin

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  Secular Music And Sacred Theology

  $24.95

  When the basic conceptions of the world held by whole generations in the West are formed by popular culture, and in particular by the music that serves as its soundtrack, can theology remain unchanged? The authors of the essays in this important volume insist that the answer is no.

  These gifted theologians help readers make sense of what happens to religious experience in a world heavily influenced by popular media culture, a world in which songs, musicians, and celebrities influence our individual and collective imaginations about how we might live. Readers will consider the theological relationship between music and the creative process, investigate ways that music helps create communities of heightened moral consciousness, and explore the theological significance of songs.

  Contributors to this fascinating collection include:

  *David Dault
  *Maeve Heaney
  *Daniel White Hodge
  *Michael J. Iafrate
  *Jeffrey F. Keuss
  *Mary McDonough
  *Gina Messina-Dysert
  *Christian Scharen
  *Myles Werntz

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  Consuming Faith : Integrating Who We Are With What We Buy

  $15.95

  Americans search for identity through a paradoxical pair of passions: spirituality and consumerism. On the one hand, we participate in religion or practice spirituality and on the other hand we are keen consumers. But, as Tom Beaudoin’s Consuming Faith makes clear, if we truly seek to put our spirituality into practice, we must integrate who we are with what we buy. How are we linked to the rest of the world through our purchases? What does faith have to do with what we buy? With a new updated preface by the author, this paperback edition invites us to think about how our purchases affect who we are as individuals and as members of a global community.

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