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The (Magic) Kingdom of God: Christianity and Global Culture Industries

by Michael Budde. 177 pgs.

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Table of contents
Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Following Jesus in a Distracted Age 1
Catholicism as a "Discipleship Church"? 1
Catholic Ecclesiology and a Passion for Discipleship, 6
Social Theory, Political Economy, Culture, and the Church, 11
Why Culture Matters in the World Economy 16
A New Stage of Capitalism? Regulation Theory and Neostructuralism, 18
Regulation Theory as a Neostructuralist Approach, 20
The Crisis of Fordism, 23
After Fordism? 24
The Power of Global Culture Industries 28
Advertising/Marketing as a Global Culture Industry, 33
The Global Discourse of Marketing and Advertising, 34
On the Need for a "Postmodern" Appraisal of Advertising, 35
Power, Knowledge, and Advertising/Marketing, 38
Exporting the Power Matrix, 44
China: The Export Package Arrives, 47
Learning the Language of Faith 53
How Global Culture Industries Undermine Christianity 67
Living in Television's World, 70
Implications for Christian Formation, 82
Conclusion, 94
Church Barriers to Understanding Global Culture Industries 97
Barrier I: Sacramental Liberalism, the Interpretive Key, 98
Barrier II: The Evangelization Fixation, 101
Barrier III: Is the Church Becoming a "Culture Industry"? 104
Religious Formation Amidst the Global Culture Industries, 115
The Way from Here: Radical Gospel, Radical Church 125
Resisting the Culture Industries: A Workshop of Witnesses,130
Concluding Thoughts, 150
References 153
About the Book and Author 169
Index 171
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