All NewsSnapshotsRev. Billy Preaches on Anti-Consumerism Benjamin TraversMay 9, 20123minReverend Billy (Bill Talen), anti-consumerism activist and performance artist, "preached" in Memorial Chapel on April 23. Mary-Jane Rubenstein, associate professor of religion, is teaching Talen’s work in her Introduction to the Study of Religion course, as part of a unit on capitalism and some of its counter-movements as late-modern religious expressions. Rev. Billy said, "J.P. Morgan gave a 4.6 million dollar 'donation' to the NYPD" and "We are the 99 percent." Rev. Billy's choir, “The Church of Stop Shopping,” preach a broad message of economic justice, environmental advocacy and anti-militarism. The event is sponsored by the Baldwin University Lectures, the Center for the Arts, the Ethics and Society Project, the Office of Institutional Partnerships, the Religion Department, Sociology Department (Hoy Endowment) and Government Department. (Photos by Bill Tyner '13) lecturesReligion Related Articles All NewsIn the Media April 17, 2024 Mike Mavredakis Wesleyan in the News: April 2024 All NewsAlumniArts & HumanitiesFaculty April 17, 2024 Mike Mavredakis Wesleyan Faculty, Alumnus Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in Choreography, Theatre All NewsArts & HumanitiesCampus News & Events April 16, 2024 Jeff Harder Democracy Demands Passionate Defense, Says Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker