Are holiday shopping habits missing the point of Christmas? Critics and researchers weigh in.

Magnolia Westfall, a recent graduate of St. Edward’s University in Austin, said her family had a low-key Christmas planned since they were all relatively busy. Westfall said she didn’t grow up ...
The Times Leader

Christian Consumer’s Guide To The Bible

Anyone who’s perused the shelves of a mega-bookstore’s religion section has seen overwhelming choices of Christian Bibles and the accompanying alphabet soup. All those versions — KJV, NKJV, NRSV, HCSB ...
Publishers Weekly

The Christian Consumer: Living Faithfully in a Fragile World

Seeking insights from Christian ethical traditions to equip contemporary Christians to be faithful consumers, Hartman, assistant professor of religion at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill., ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Augie professor's Christian consumer book strings many pearls of wisdom, whimsy

ROCK ISLAND -- Grandma was stingy, but her family looked for gentler ways to describe her. Dr. Laura Hartman, an Augustana College assistant professor of religion, was wearing a pearl necklace given ...