Neoliberalism and the Biblical Voice: Owning and Consuming

ISBN-13: 9781138902992 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 148 str.

Paul Babie; Michael Trainor

Opis

In this book, Paul Babie and Michael Trainor compare our contemporary preoccupation with ownership and consumption with the role of property and possessions in the biblical world, contending that Christian theology provides a valuable entry point to discussing the issue of private property--a neoliberal tool with the capacity to shape the world in which we live by exercising control over the planet's resources. Babie and Trainor draw on the Gospel According to Luke, arguing that this first century CE document offers a radical, challenging view of wealth and possessions that in the 21^st century continues to be as relevant as ever. By placing the Gospel of Luke into conversation with contemporary views on private property and consumer culture, Babie and Trainor develop legal, philosophical and theological insights into how our desire for ethical living fares in the neoliberal marketplace.

Recenzje

"Babie and Trainor bring together various fields—economics, politics, religion (biblical studies), law—to examine questions of ownership and consumption and the choices we make to use, consume, change, mold and shape the world in which we live. They challenge contemporary readers to move from a self-focus to consideration of the other for the good of all." – Warren Carter, Professor of New Testament, Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University, USA

Spis treści

1 Introduction  2 Neoliberalism Conceived: Politics, Economics and Law  3 The First Century Roman-Mediterranean Marketplace  4 Neoliberalism Deployed: Private Property  5 Wealth and Property in the Jesus Movement  6 Conclusion

O autorze

Paul Babie holds a Personal Chair of Law in the Adelaide Law School of The University of Adelaide.

Michael Trainor is Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies at the Australian Catholic University, Adelaide.