Spirit and capital in an age of inequality / edited by Robert P. Jones and Ted A. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Robert P. (Robert Patrick), editor.

Smith, Ted A., 1968- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Economics.

Economics--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

xxx, 258 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

Spirit and Capital in an Age of Inequality brings together a diverse group of scholars, activists and public intellectuals to consider one of the most pressing issues of our time: increasing inequalities of income and wealth that grate against justice and erode the bonds that hold society together. The contributors think through different religious traditions to understand and address inequality. They make practical proposals in relation to concrete situations like mass incarceration and sweatshops. They also explore the inner experience of life in a society marked by inequality, tracing the contours of stress, hopelessness and a restless lack of contentment. This book honors the work of Jon P. Gunnemann, who has been a leading scholar at the intersections of religion and economics.

Contents:

Part 1. Thinking with Traditions :

1. The little commonwealth : the family as matrix of markets and morality in early Protestantism / John Witte Jr. and Justin J. Latterell

2. When ancient teachings meet modern problems : Jewish approaches to poverty, inequality and the market / William A. Galston

3. Election, selection and distinction : paradoxes of grace, clan and class / Timothy P. Jackson

4. Pope Francis, Catholic social thought and the rejection of fear / E. J. Dionne Jr.

Part 2. Moral Sentiments :

5. More than enough : contentment and the dominance of the economic sphere / Christine D. Pohl

6. Stress / Julie Meadows

7. Riots and rip-offs in Baltimore : towards a theology of hopelessness / Miguel A. De La Torre

Part 3. For the Love of the World :

8. Wasting human lives : hyper-incarceration in the United States / Elizabeth M. Bounds

9. Challenging a new frontier of market morality : the case of sweatshop economics / Keri Day

10. Wage against the machine : wage activism, worker justice and disruptive Jesus in the age of advanced capitalism / C. Melissa Snarr

11. Speak up, judge righteously, stand with the poor : the Jewish imperative for social justice / Jonah Dov Pesner

Part 4. Public Theology and the Common Good :

12. America, land of the free and home of the poor : inequality as a way of life / Darryl M. Trimiew

13. The integrity of the church in a divided society / Steven M. Tipton

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138220225

1138220221

9781138220232

113822023X

OCLC:

1002111843