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Those formed by such liturgies then become the kind of people who pursue and desire that end. So if we are unreflectively immersed in the liturgies of consumerism, we will, over time, learn that the end goal of human life is acquisition and consumption. What is the chief end of man? the consumerist catechism asks. To acquire stuff with the illusion that I can enjoy it forever.

James K.A. Smith

Those formed by such liturgies then become the kind of people who pursue and desire that end. So if we are unreflectively immersed in the liturgies of consumerism, we will, over time, learn that the end goal of human life is acquisition and consumption. What is the chief end of man? the consumerist catechism asks. To acquire stuff with the illusion that I can enjoy it forever.

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About James K.A. Smith

James Kenneth Alexander Smith (born 1970) is a Canadian-American philosopher who is currently Professor of Philosophy at Calvin University, holding the Gary & Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology & Worldview. He is the current editor-in-chief of the literary journal Image.