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Vocation and the politics of work : popular theology in consumer culture / Jeffrey Scholes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scholes, Jeffrey, 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vocation--Christianity.
- Vocation.
- Work--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Work.
- Consumption (Economics)--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Christianity and culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book surveys the theological and cultural appropriations of the Protestant concept of vocation in order to argue for a vocation that has political traction in modern workplaces. It uniquely brings together insights from recent works in political theology and consumer culture studies along with analyses of self-help literature to accomplish this task.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; Chapter One: Theology of Vocation and the Role of Work; Chapter Two: Theology at Work; Chapter Three: Consumer Culture and Its Effects; Chapter Four: The Purchase-Driven Life; Chapter Five: Towards a Political Vocation; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-31848-7
- 0-7391-7891-1
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