In Cornel West's Race Matters. West makes a poignant commentary on the individualism we experience in excess as Westerners. West writes:Never before has the seductive market way of life held such a sway in nearly every sphere of American life. This market way of life promotes addictions to stimulation and obsessions with comfort and convenience...The common denominator is a rugged and ragged individualism and rapacious hedonism in quest of a perennial "high" in body and in mind.
What has the "market way of life" cost us as human beings? What has been lost by way of community (from promotion of "self" to a deep seated fear of those different than us)? How does living the Kingdom look different than living the market?
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