On Consumer Culture, Identity, the Church and the Rhetorics of Delight

Author:   Dr Mark Clavier (Brecon Cathedral, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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9781501330919


Pages:   168
Publication Date:   29 November 2018
Format:   Paperback
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On Consumer Culture, Identity, the Church and the Rhetorics of Delight


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Author:   Dr Mark Clavier (Brecon Cathedral, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic USA
Weight:   0.242kg
ISBN:  

9781501330919


ISBN 10:   1501330918
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   29 November 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Introduction Part One: Worldly Rhetoric 1. Augustine’s Rhetoric of Self-Destruction 2. The Rhetoric of Consumerism Part Two: Heavenly Rhetoric 3. Augustine’s Eloquent God 4. The Divided Wills of Christian Consumers Part Three: The Mission & Ministry of God’s Rhetoric 5. The Church as a Rhetorical Community 6. God’s Orators Bibliography Index

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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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