The Theology of Craft and the Craft of Work: From Tabernacle to Eucharist

ISBN-13: 9780815354680 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 242 str.

Jeremy Kidwell

Opis

Through a close reading of Christian scripture, this book examines the theology and ethics of work in light of original biblical exegesis. Kidwell presents a detailed exegetical study of temple construction accounts in the Hebrew bible and the New Testament. He then critically interrogates modern forms of industrial manufacture, including the instrumentalisation and exploitation of the non-human material world and the dehumanisation of workers. Primary themes taken up in the book include agency, aesthetics, sociality, skill, and the material culture of work, culminating with the conclusion that the church (or ‘new temple’) is both the product and the site of moral work.

Spis treści

Introduction Part I: Moral Making: The Construction of the Place of Worship 1. Building the Tabernacle 2. Building the Temple 3. The Temple Not Made With Hands: Reconceptualising the Temple 4. Jesus the Temple: Temple Construction in the New Testament Part II: Moral Maintenance: Sustaining Work Ethics in Christian Worship 5. Burnt Offerings: Challenging Modern Work Efficiency 6. Firstfruits and the Consecrating Relation 7. "Eaten" Offerings and Liturgical Sociality Conclusion: Seeking the Craft of Worship

O autorze

The Revd Dr Jeremy H. Kidwell (MCS, Ph.D, Theological Ethics, University of Edinburgh) serves as Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. He lectures in Christian Ethics, the Ethics of Work, Technology and Design and Environmental Ethics, and is currently involved in full-time research on an interdisciplinary research project focussed on Christian responses to climate change, titled Caring For the Future Through Ancestral Time. Dr Kidwell's research is engaged primarily with Christian ethics, the environment and political theology. His most recent work, a co-edited volume Theology and Economics: a Christian Vision of the Common Good (2015) brings together constructive reflections from Christian theologians and economists across the UK, USA and Europe and is the result of a two year collaboration.