तो खतरा यह है कि भौतिकवाद केवल हमारे जीने के तरीके को ही नहीं, बल्कि हमारे सोचने के तरीके को भी गढ़ रहा है। यह हमारे उपभोक्तावादी स्वाद और ज़्यादा वेतन वाली नौकरियों की हमारी पसंद को तो प्रभावित करता ही है, साथ ही यह हमारी प्रार्थना करने की क्षमता, हमारी प्रार्थनाओं के स्वरूप, और उस धार्मिक मार्गदर्शन के तरीके को भी बदल देता है जो हमारे मूल्यों को आकार देता है।

The danger, then, is that materialism is not only shaping how we live but the way we think as well. It influences our consumer tastes and our preference for high-paying jobs, but it also alters our capacity to pray, the nature of our prayers, and the ways in which religious tutelage instructs our values.

The danger, then, is that materialism is not only shaping how we live but the way we think as well. It influences our consumer tastes and our preference for high-paying jobs, but it also alters our capacity to pray, the nature of our prayers, and the ways in which religious tutelage instructs our values.

Topic Achievement & Work Money
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Negative Type: Observation 92%

भौतिकवाद मूल रूप से कोई आर्थिक समस्या नहीं, बल्कि एक सांस्कृतिक समस्या है... यह एक आध्यात्मिक मुद्दा है। यह हमारी आत्मा की गहराइयों तक जुड़ा हुआ है, और इसी वजह से इसे बजट या वित्तीय चक्रों के चश्मे से देखने के बजाय इस रूप में समझने की ज़रूरत है कि हम पवित्र किसे मानते हैं, हम अर्थ और पारलौकिकता की तलाश कहाँ करते हैं, और हम न्याय, समानता तथा अपनी दुनिया के भविष्य के बारे में कैसे सोचते हैं।

Materialism is not fundamentally an economic problem, but a cultural one... a spiritual issue. It runs to the depths of our souls, and, for this reason, needs to be understood less in terms of budgets or fiscal cycles and more in terms of where we locate the sacred, of where we search for meaning and transcendence, and of how we think about justice, equality, and the future of our world.

Materialism is not fundamentally an economic problem, but a cultural one... a spiritual issue. It runs to the depths of our souls, and, for this reason, needs to be understood less in terms of budgets or fiscal cycles and more in terms of where we locate the sacred, of where we search for meaning and transcendence, and of how we think about justice, equality, and the future of our world.

Topic Achievement & Work Money
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Neutral Type: Philosophical 95%

इसी तरह, किसी दूसरे दौर में जमे-जमाए खाने (फ्रोजन डिनर), माइक्रोवेव ओवन, डिशवॉशर, और घर की सफाई करने तथा बिल्ली को पशु चिकित्सक के पास ले जाने के लिए रखे गए किसी अवैध अप्रवासी को भौतिकवाद की पराकाष्ठा माना जाता था; लेकिन आज दोहरी आय वाले जोड़ों के लिए अपनी नौकरियों में इतनी कड़ी मेहनत करके वह वेतन कमाने का यही एकमात्र जरिया बचे हैं, जिसकी उन्हें उन श्रम-बचाने वाली सुविधाओं का भुगतान करने के लिए आवश्यकता होती है।

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 provide the only means available for two-career couples to work hard enough at their jobs to earn the salaries they need to pay for those labor-saving amenities.

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 provide the only means available for two-career couples to work hard enough at their jobs to earn the salaries they need to pay for those labor-saving amenities.

Topic Achievement & Work Money
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Mixed Type: Observation 92%

यह अहसास कि भौतिकवाद हाथ से निकल चुका है, मध्यम वर्ग के अमेरिकी परिवारों के सामने आने वाले दबावों से और भी बढ़ जाता है।

The sense that materialism has gotten out of hand is magnified by the pressures facing middle-class American families.

The sense that materialism has gotten out of hand is magnified by the pressures facing middle-class American families.

Topic Achievement & Work Money
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Negative Type: Observation 92%

مسلمانوں کے انضمام کے بارے میں عام طور پر دو طرح کے نظریات پائے جاتے ہیں: پہلا یہ کہ مسلمان ہمیشہ باہر کے لوگ ہی بنے رہیں گے اور دوسرا یہ کہ وہ یہاں کے ماحول میں باآسانی گھل مل جائیں گے۔ مجاہد بلچی بتاتے ہیں کہ یہ دونوں ہی نظریات کتنے ناقص ہیں۔ کتاب "فائنڈنگ مکہ اِن امریکہ" ہمیں اس انجانے سفر پر لے جاتی ہے کہ حقیقت میں امریکہ میں مسلمان تارکینِ وطن کی زندگی کیسی ہوتی ہے۔ میں اس مطالعے کی فکری گہرائی اور زمینی حقائق پر مبنی بصیرت سے بالخصوص بہت متاثر ہوں۔

Interpretations of Muslim assimilation have gravitated between two arguments: that Muslims will remain as permanent outsiders or that Muslims will blend in with little difficulty at all. Mucahit Bilici demonstrates how wanting these arguments are. Finding Mecca in America takes us into the uncharted territory of what it is actually like to be Muslim immigrants in the United States. I am especially impressed by the study's theoretical depth and empirical insights.

Interpretations of Muslim assimilation have gravitated between two arguments: that Muslims will remain as permanent outsiders or that Muslims will blend in with little difficulty at all. Mucahit Bilici demonstrates how wanting these arguments are. Finding Mecca in America takes us into the uncharted territory of what it is actually like to be Muslim immigrants in the United States. I am especially impressed by the study's theoretical depth and empirical insights.

Topic Society & World Society
Tone: Reflective Sentiment: Positive Type: Observation 92%