Facing the giant: preacher, take up your slingshot: preaching and consumer culture

Marti Su Zimmerman

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Facing the giant: preacher, take up your slingshot: preaching and consumer culture

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Marti Su Zimmerman. Facing the Giant: Preacher, Take Up Your Slingshot: Preaching and Consumer Culture. Iliff School of Theology. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/cbfe849b-4675-4eed-b1ee-8f6e10490243.

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M. S. Zimmerman. Facing the giant: preacher, take up your slingshot: preaching and consumer culture. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/cbfe849b-4675-4eed-b1ee-8f6e10490243

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Marti Su Zimmerman. Facing the Giant: Preacher, Take Up Your Slingshot: Preaching and Consumer Culture. Iliff School of Theology. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/cbfe849b-4675-4eed-b1ee-8f6e10490243.

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Marti Su Zimmerman

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Consumer culture is the water in which modern American congregations and preacher swim. Consumer culture tempts Christians to worship an idolatrous world of stuff. The preacher is called to speak a word of hope and offer strategies to face this modern giant.This project defines consumer culture, its affects on the health, environment, and debt load. Homiletical strategies are identified to expose its temptations then 'counter-script,' providing the listener biblical and theological resources to imagine a different way of spending time and resources. It reviews three congregations' attempts at confronting consumer temptations from the pulpit. In conclusion, a narrative preaching strategy is offered as an effective tool.

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