A Thirst for God or Consumer Spirituality? Cultivating Disciplined Practices of Being Engaged by God
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11655003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Jones (0000-0002-8197-1970), L Gregory Jones (Loyola University Maryland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-28 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-7177 • E-ISSN: 1468-0025 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-0025.00029 |
| OpenAlex | W2169422437 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This essay offers a critique of contemporary popular spirituality, specifically by focusing on Thomas Moore’s best‐selling book Care of the Soul . Moore’s perspective is juxtaposed with Bernard of Clairvaux’s Sermons on the Song of Songs, displaying the widely divergent views of God, the self, and the practices of spiritual living. The essay also sketches several reasons which help to explain the popularity of generic spirituality such as Moore’s, and it concludes by responding to some potential objections to the account offered in the essay. Overall, the essay displays the marked contrasts between disciplined practices of Christian spirituality and the simulacra of consumer spirituality
Popularity · Soul · Spiritual practice · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2008 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |