An other kingdom : departing the consumer culture / Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann, John McKnight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Block, Peter, author.

Brueggemann, Walter, author.

McKnight, John, 1931-2024, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neighborliness.

Community life.

Community development.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 119 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2016]

Summary:

"The Other Kingdom is about reframing how society views its communal identity. The book proposes to identify what has been considered sacred language and use it as an opening into the experience of community and the commons. It lays out a faith narrative without the negative traces of sectarianism. Readers are dared to imagine the human benefit of an alternative to the market ideology that defines our culture, called the Neighborly Covenant because it enlivens and humanizes the social order. The Other Kingdom proposes language for alternative ways to a covenantal culture, one that is active beyond election years and has different substance in defining society's communal identity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Free Market Consumer Ideology 1

Scarcity 2

Certainty and Perfection 3

Privatization 3

The Institutional Assumptions 4

Better Management/Technology Ls the Fix 4

Interpersonal Is a Problem 5

Competition Trumps Trust 5

Toward a Neighborly Culture 6

A Culture Based on Covenant 6

Chapter 2 Neighborly Beliefs 9

Abundance 9

Mystery 10

Mystery at Work 11

A Place for God 13

Holiness 15

Wilderness 15

Fallibility 16

Failing to Be God 18

Grief 19

The Common Good 20

Chapter 3 Enough Is Enough: Limits of the Market Ideology 21

The Consumer Market Disciplines 22

Surplus 22

Predictability and Control 24

Speed and Convenience 26

The Sale of Convenience 26

Convenience Displaces Capacity 27

Digital Solutions 28

The Meaning of Money 29

Money and the Machine 30

Wishing for Safety, Believing in Growth 31

Competition and Class 32

Class by Design 33

Class Warfare and the Distribution of Wealth 34

The Myth of Individualism 36

Chapter 4 Tentacles of Empire 37

The Corporatization of Schools 38

No View from the Top 38

End of Aliveness 39

Mobility and Isolation 40

Un-Productive Wealth 41

Violence 42

Illusion of Reform 43

Chapter 5 The Common Good Is the New Frontier 45

The Neighborly Covenant 46

The Commons 48

An Alternative Social Order 49

Resisting the Empire 50

Off-Market Possibilities 51

The Neighborly Way 53

The Alternative to Restless Productivity 55

The Shadow Side of Community 58

Chapter 6 The Disciplines of Neighborliness 61

Time 63

A Time for All Things 63

Time Is the Devil 63

Standing in Line 65

Kairos 65

Food 66

Food and Sacred Re-Performance 67

The Local Food Movement 69

Food and Culture 69

Silence 71

Listening 72

Quakers and Time and Listening 72

Sacraments of Silence 73

Covenant: A Vow of Freedom and Faithfulness 74

Covenant and Retributive Justice 75

Abundance and the Right Use of Money 75

Money and Our Affection for Place 77

A Liturgy for the Common Good 77

Prophetic Possibilities 78

Story as Liturgy and Re-Performance 79

The Re-Performing Power of Liturgy 79.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Signs of the Times Introduction: Context Is Decisive The Landscape of the Market World Enclosure Covenantal versus Contractual Order The Neighborly Covenant Chapter 1. The Free Market Consumer Ideology Scarcity Certainty and Perfection Privatization The Institutional Assumptions Better Management/Technology Is the Fix Interpersonal Is a Problem Competition Trumps Trust Toward a Neighborly Culture A Culture Based on Covenant Chapter 2. Neighborly Beliefs Abundance Mystery Mystery at Work A Place for God Holiness Wilderness Fallibility Failing to Be God Grief The Common Good Chapter 3. Enough Is Enough: Limits of the Market Ideology The Consumer Market Disciplines Surplus Predictability and Control Speed and Convenience The Blanket of Technology The Sale of Convenience Convenience Displaces Capacity Digital Solutions The Meaning of Money Money and the Machine Wishing for Safety, Believing in Growth Competition and Class Class by Design Class Warfare and the Distribution of Wealth The Myth of Individualism Chapter 4. Tentacles of Empire The Corporatization of Schools No View from the Top End of Aliveness Mobility and Isolation Un-Productive Wealth Violence Illusion of Reform Chapter 5. The Common Good Is the New Frontier The Neighborly Covenant The Commons An Alternative Social Order Resisting the Empire Off-Market Possibilities The Neighborly Way The Alternative to Restless Productivity The Shadow Side of Community Chapter 6. The Disciplines of Neighborliness Time A Time for All Things Time Is the Devil Standing in Line Kairos Food Food and Sacred Re-Performance The Local Food Movement Food and Culture Silence Listening Quakers and Time and Listening Sacraments of Silence Covenant: A Vow of Freedom and Faithfulness Covenant and Retributive Justice The Right Use of Money Money and Our Affection for Place A Liturgy for the Common Good Prophetic Possibilities Story as Liturgy and Re-performance The Re-Performing Power of Liturgy Postscript: Beyond Money and Consumption Timing Is Everything Signs of Change Commentaries References and Further Reading Acknowledgments Index About the Authors .

Other Format:

Online version: Block, Peter, author. Other kingdom

ISBN:

9781119194729

1119194725

OCLC:

931226755

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