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> [By the same token, frozen dinners, a microwave oven, a dishwasher, and an illegal immigrant hired to clean the house and take one's cat to the vet would have seemed like the epitome of materialism in another time, but now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wuthnow/by-the-same-token-frozen-dinners-a-microwave-oven-a-dishwasher-and-an/)

[Robert Wuthnow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wuthnow/)

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## More by Robert Wuthnow

> [Interpretations of Muslim assimilation have gravitated between two arguments: that Muslims will remain as permanent outsiders or that Muslims will blend in with little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wuthnow/interpretations-of-muslim-assimilation-have-gravitated-between-two/)

[Robert Wuthnow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wuthnow/)

> [The sense that materialism has gotten out of hand is magnified by the pressures facing middle-class American families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wuthnow/the-sense-that-materialism-has-gotten-out-of-hand-is-magnified-by-the/)

[Robert Wuthnow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wuthnow/)

> [Materialism is not fundamentally an economic problem, but a cultural one... a spiritual issue. It runs to the depths of our souls, and, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wuthnow/materialism-is-not-fundamentally-an-economic-problem-but-a-cultural/)

[Robert Wuthnow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wuthnow/)

> [By the same token, frozen dinners, a microwave oven, a dishwasher, and an illegal immigrant hired to clean the house and take one's cat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wuthnow/by-the-same-token-frozen-dinners-a-microwave-oven-a-dishwasher-and-an/)

[Robert Wuthnow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wuthnow/)

> [The danger, then, is that materialism is not only shaping how we live but the way we think as well. It influences our consumer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wuthnow/the-danger-then-is-that-materialism-is-not-only-shaping-how-we-live/)

[Robert Wuthnow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wuthnow/)

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