Consumerism and the new Europe
Consumerism and the new Europe

Summary/Abstract: In this brief discussion of a complex subject, it is my intention to review the pattern of discipleship in relation to money commended by the New Testament; secondly, we need to take account of the new circumstances relating to money which separate us in twenty-first century Europe from the economic world of the New Testament; thirdly, we shall examine what has been termed ‘the new consumerism’; fourthly, it is necessary to consider arguments which suggest that a simple denunciation of consumerism is not the answer; and finally, I shall argue that any Christian response to the economic circumstances in which we now live must include wisdom, simplicity of life and joy.

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