How is consumerism seen as a new religion?

Hyperconsumerism has been also said to have religious characteristics, and have been compared to a new religion which enshrines consumerism above all, with elements of religious life being replaced by consumerist life: (going to) churches replaced by (going to) shopping malls, saints replaced by celebrities, penance replaced by shopping sprees, desire for better life after death replaced by desire for better life in the present, and so on. read more

The Religion of Consumerism. I was recently in New York City one evening doing some book promotion and I happened to walk through Times Square with its bustle and crowds. read more