Mimetic Desire and the Discipline of Marketing: Implications for Marketing Practitioners
David Burns,
Yvonne Smith
Abstract:Much of the research on business from a Christian perspective can be equated to attempting to justify business practices instead of truly examining them within the context of biblical thought. This paper examines the discipline of marketing and its key construct of desire in relationship to Scripture. In doing so, several potentially troubling questions are raised.
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