Ecumenism and the Consumer Society
Abstract
The description of “the consumer society” belongs to the catalogue of diagnosis of the modern world, in particular of the western civilization. It should be interpreted as a result of various social processes including globalization, spreading of the popular culture as well as the dechristianization. The article examines how the consumer society refers to the ecumenism.
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