Table of Contents
Acknowledgments, Following Jesus in a Distracted Age, Catholicism as a "Discipleship Church''?, Catholic Ecclesiology and a Passion for Discipleship, Social Theory, Political Economy, Culture, and the Church, Why Culture Matters in the World Economy, A New Stage of Capitalism? Regulation Theory and Neostructuralism, Regulation Theory as a Neostructuralist Approach, The Crisis of Fordism, After Fordism?, The Power of Global Culture Industries, Advertising/Marketing as a Global Culture Industry, The Global Discourse of Marketing and Advertising, On the Need for a "Postmodern'' Appraisal of Advertising, Power, Knowledge, and Advertising/Marketing, Exporting the Power Matrix, China: The Export Package Arrives, Learning the Language of Faith, How Global Culture Industries Undermine Christianity, Living in Television's World, Implications for Christian Formation, Conclusion, Church Barriers to Understanding Global Culture Industries, Barrier 1: Sacramental Liberalism, the Interpretive Key, Barrier II: The Evangelization Fixation, Barrier III: Is the Church Becoming a "Culture Industry"?, Religious Formation Amidst the Global Culture Industries, The Way from Here: Radical Gospel, Radical Church, Resisting the Culture Industries: A Workshop of Witnesses, Concluding Thoughts, References, About the Book and Author, Index
