At the same time as the focus of much interfaith activity has become more practical, those in positions of leadership in the political and
economic spheres are both recognizing the importance of religion in
shaping the modern world and acknowledging that there is a spiritual and ethical
dimension to the major problems facing humankind.
Particularly in this society, where consumption drives the
economic system and where
economic values
shape even family and church decision - making, the idolatrous
dimension of mammon is both ubiquitous and subtle.