This book sheds light on the consumption of spiritual products, services, experiences, and places through state-of-the-art studies by leading and emerging schol

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This book presents a philosophical rethinking of the meaning and nature of spiritual discipline. It offers a new way of describing and justifying practices like

Contemporary theology, argues Miller, is silent on what is unquestionably one of the most important cultural issues it faces: consumerism or "consumer culture."

The combined contributions of science and religion to resolving environmental problems are far greater than each could offer working in isolation. Scientific fi