Start Your Stop Shopping Church What You Can Do to Take Back Your World by the Reverend Billy |
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| Author:
| Talen, Bill
Durkee, Savitri |
| ISBN: | 978-1-932360-83-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2006 |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint Press
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| Imprint: | Soft Skull Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.95 |
Book Description:
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Actor and activist Bill Talen's alter ego, Reverend Billy, gained notoriety for taking on Starbucks and other corporate chains. Reverend Billy first appeared alongside the sidewalk preachers in Times Square during the Giuliani years, bringing his post-religious theology to eager crowds. His mission: to use the power of the human spirit to save the world from the scourge of consumerism. Hence, he founded the Church of Stop Shopping — an anti-consumerist communion. This...
More DescriptionActor and activist Bill Talen's alter ego, Reverend Billy, gained notoriety for taking on Starbucks and other corporate chains. Reverend Billy first appeared alongside the sidewalk preachers in Times Square during the Giuliani years, bringing his post-religious theology to eager crowds. His mission: to use the power of the human spirit to save the world from the scourge of consumerism. Hence, he founded the Church of Stop Shopping — an anti-consumerist communion. This singular book initiates the reader into his methods: staged dramas inside the Disney Store, credit card exorcisms, and sermons on love, peace, civic participation, and social justice. The book also shows readers how to create their own Church, by providing a series of creative actions they can use against whatever megastore has invaded their town.