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It is `delight' that, for Clavier, reading Augustine, is the key motif. The consumer society has enslaved us with delights and only delight in God will be strong enough to set us free. It is rhetoric, the Orator who will overcome with God's persuasive power the persuasion of the advertisers and producers. Suggestion, delight, and persuasion determine our salvation or damnation. * Education Priest *

[A] noteworthy exploration of Augustine in relation to contemporary realities and a significant contribution to Christian approaches to consumer culture. * Augustinian Studies * Clavier's work provides an insightful assessment of a media-embedded culture through the eyes of Saint Augustine. This work would be welcome in any theological library or any institutions with a faith and learning integration component. * Catholic Library World * Mark Clavier's book is a significant piece of work, I hope it is widely read, and that he will continue to work on this. * Education Priest * The book does not require the reader to have read Augustine's work and makes further study easy by referencing in full the many authorities that are quoted. * The Reader Magazine *

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Mark Clavier is Residential Dean of Brecon Cathedral in Wales and Chair of the Doctrinal Commission of the Church in Wales, UK. His past publications include Rescuing the Church from Consumerism (2013) and Eloquent Wisdom: Rhetoric, Cosmology, and Delight in the Theology of Augustine of Hippo (2014).

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