Augustine and the economy of sacrifice : ancient and modern perspectives / Joshua S. Nunziato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nunziato, Joshua, 1986- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Augustine.

Sacrifice--Christianity.

Sacrifice.

Social exchange--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Social exchange.

Physical Description:

x, 235 pages ; 24cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Business is generally viewed as a means to generate personal or corporate wealth, but business transactions can also sacrificially serve the common good. In conversation with contemporary social theorists, Joshua Nunziato in this book critically evaluates the spiritual significance and aims of economic exchange. Inspired by Augustine's vision of the Church as a 'universal sacrifice', he explores how Augustine's approach teaches us detachment - both personal and collective - which releases us from illusory claims of ownership and reframes business as an exercise in loving and letting go. Nunziato's volume engages with the big questions of economic life and reframes both why and how we acknowledge people through business in a way that results in the common good. It will be of interest to scholars and students of Augustinian studies, philosophy of exchange, and economic ethics.

Contents:

Mortal economies

Unacknowledged sacrifices

Sacrificial acknowledgment

Sacrificial community

Sacrificial economy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108481397

1108481396

OCLC:

1108788826