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From Consumerism to Stewardship: The Troublesome Ambiguities of an Attractive Option 1
Author(s) -
Santmire H. Paul
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6385.2010.00560.x
Subject(s) - stewardship (theology) , consumerism , construct (python library) , normative , capitalism , environmental ethics , sociology , law and economics , property (philosophy) , epistemology , political science , positive economics , law , philosophy , economics , computer science , politics , programming language
: Problems with consumerism may lead Christians to project the idea of responsible stewardship as an alternative. But this would be highly problematic. Although a part of many American Christians’ experience, and apparently bolstered by the authority of Jesus himself, the construct resists normative theological definition. It is too closely allied in our culture with “the spirit of capitalism” and tends to re‐enforce secular understandings of private property. The construct stewardship , therefore, should be used sparingly, if at all, in church circles.