{"product_id":"9780281070381","title":"Rescuing the Church from Consumerism","description":"Rescuing the Church . . . examines how people are initiated into a consumer culture during childhood and thus drawn into pursuing a vocation as consumers by means of various quasi-sacramental rites and practices. The upshot of this is that the church today is composed primarily of men and women whose lives are situated more within a consumer culture than within a distinctively Christian one. In order for the church to free itself, the author believes it must reclaim a sacramental identity that is grounded in a narrative tradition and realized in real, local worshipping communities.","brand":"Mark Clavier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45752018862398,"sku":"9780281070381","price":483.07,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780281070381_d0559417-8ec7-4367-9a2b-0893e2aaabd7.jpg?v=1707238541","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780281070381","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}