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Presentation on the Topic: Values & Capitalism Tuesday, December 06, 2011 | 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. AEI, 1150 Seventeenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 About This Event Many Christians struggle to balance their faith with the increasing emphasis on consumerism and material goods in today’s society. In a keynote address Tuesday evening at AEI, the Orthodox Church in America’s Metropolitan Jonah, Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canada, discussed how Christians should respond to these societal pressures. He began by emphasizing the battle between consumerism and materialism, defining the former as the ultimate fruit of secularism.…