What has become of Latin American liberation theology in the wake of capitalism's triumph? What has happened to the irruption of the poor? Is it dead? More importantly, has Christianity been exhausted as a font of resistance to capitalism? What resources of hope remain? This volume assesses the impact of Christian resistance to capitalism in Latin America, and the implications of the theological debates that have emerged through its evolution.

What has become of Latin American liberation theology in the wake of capitalism's triumph? What has happened to the irruption of the poor? Is it dead? More importantly, has Christianity been exhausted as a font of resistance to capitalism? What resources of hope remain? This volume assesses the impact of Christian resistance to capitalism in Latin America, and the implications of the theological debates that have emerged through its evolution.

This provocative and timely primer on the just war tradition connects just war to the concrete practices and challenges of the Christian life. Daniel Bell explains that the point is not simply to know the just war tradition but to live it even in the face of the tremendous difficulties associated with war. He shows how just war practice, if it is to be understood as a faithful form of Christian discipleship, must be rooted in and shaped by the fundamental convictions and confessions of the faith. The book includes a foreword by an Army chaplain who has served in Iraq and study questions for...

In this addition to the award-winning Church and Postmodern Culture series, respected theologian Daniel Bell compares and contrasts capitalism and Christianity, showing how Christianity provides resources for faithfully navigating the postmodern global economy.

Bell approaches capitalism and Christianity as alternative visions of humanity, God, and the good life. Considering faith and economics in terms of how desire is shaped, he casts the conflict as one between different disciplines of desire. He engages the work of two important postmodern philosophers, Deleuze and Foucault, to...