Blessed Are the Consumers by Sallie Mcfague

Blessed Are the Consumers by Sallie Mcfague

In this timely book, Sallie McFague recalls her readers to the practices of restraint. In a world bent on consumption it is imperative that people of religious faith realize the significant role they play in advocating for the earth, and a more humane life for all.

The root of restraint, she argues, rests in the ancient Christian notion of Kenosis, or self-emptying.

By introducing Kenosis through the life stories of John Woolman, Simone Weil, and Dorothy Day, McFague brings a powerful theological concept to bear in a winsome and readable way.

For decades, Sallie McFague has lent her voice and her theological imagination to addressing and advocating for the most important issues of our time. In doing so, she has influenced an entire generation, and empowered countless people in their efforts to put religion in the service of meeting human needs in difficult times.

Sallie McFague spent thirty years as the Carpenter Professor of Theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School. She currently serves as Distinguished Theologian in Residence at the Vancouver School of Theology in Vancouver, British Columbia. Life Abundant: Rethinking Theology and Economics for a Planet in Danger (2000), Super, Natural Christians: How We Should Love Nature 1997), The Body of God: An Ecological Theology (1993), Models of God: Theology for an Ecological, Nuclear Age (1987), which won the American Academy of Religion's Prize for Outstanding Metaphorical Theology