Religious Belief as Commodity Fetishism
Abstract According to Karl Barth, a religion understood simply as a function of human subjectivity will tend always to be shaped by the culture of which its adherents are members. This chapter shows how the religion of the contemporary rapprochement is shaped by three of the most fundamental tendenc...
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| Format: | Book Part |
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Oxford University PressNew York
2003
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/019515469x.003.0004 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/44962710/book_8296_section_153913167.ag.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract According to Karl Barth, a religion understood simply as a function of human subjectivity will tend always to be shaped by the culture of which its adherents are members. This chapter shows how the religion of the contemporary rapprochement is shaped by three of the most fundamental tendencies of contemporary North Atlantic culture and its attendant consumer capitalism: radical individualism, narcissism, and the dominance of a therapeutic sensibility. |
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