Bearing the Cross in the Global Economy analyzes a recent report about workers in China who make crucifixes and other religious items to be sold in the West. "The image of women toiling away in sweatshops while handling an icon of the suffering body of Christ is quite striking." See also, The Consumptive Church: The Religious Industrial Complex.

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