{"id":63,"date":"2009-12-30T22:23:39","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T22:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2009\/12\/favorite-book-of-2009-the-divine-commodity.html"},"modified":"2009-12-30T22:23:39","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T22:23:39","slug":"favorite-book-of-2009-the-divine-commodity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2009\/12\/favorite-book-of-2009-the-divine-commodity.html","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Book of 2009:  The Divine Commodity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazztheologian.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c63c953ef01287692e78c970c-pi\" style=\"float: left; \"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The_Divine_Commodity_Skye-Jetani\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c63c953ef01287692e78c970c \" src=\"https:\/\/www.jazztheologian.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c63c953ef01287692e78c970c-120pi\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; \" title=\"The_Divine_Commodity_Skye-Jetani\" \/><\/a> <br \/>Of all the books that I read this past year, <em>The Divine Commodity: &#0160;Discovering a Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity<\/em>&#0160;by Skye Jethani, is the one that has proven to be most memorable. &#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, this is an elegant book. &#0160;Jethani leads us through the always relevant topic of the effects of consumerism on faith while making use of the artwork Vincent van Gogh. &#0160;It is this use of the van Gogh narrative that makes <em>The Divine Commodity<\/em> a must read, for it awakens the imagination in ways that few books have.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"asset asset-video\" style=\"display: block; 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