The Refusal of Work in Christian Ethics and Theology

Reviewing major accounts in Christian ethics and theology concerning work reveals a set of assumptions that together form the field's current “common sense” regarding this central human activity: work is part of what it fundamentally means to be a human; there is an aspect of work that is intri...

Полное описание

Сохранить в:  
Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Posadas, Jeremy (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
Проверить наличие: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Загрузка...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Опубликовано: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
В: Journal of religious ethics
Год: 2017, Том: 45, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 330-361
Другие ключевые слова:B Work Ethic
B Work
B anti-work
B Labor
B Capitalism
Online-ссылка: Volltext (Verlag)
Volltext (doi)
Описание
Итог:Reviewing major accounts in Christian ethics and theology concerning work reveals a set of assumptions that together form the field's current “common sense” regarding this central human activity: work is part of what it fundamentally means to be a human; there is an aspect of work that is intrinsically good, because it reflects God's work; and work that is degrading can be transformed into this intrinsic good. An emerging body of social thought, however, interrogates work from an anti-work perspective, rejecting capitalism's demand that people be integrated as fully as possible into the profit-generating modern-day work structure. After exploring core tenets of the anti-work perspective, this essay reconsiders the assumptions often made about work in Christian ethics and theology and delineates some contours of anti-work Christian normative interpretations of work.
ISSN:1467-9795
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/jore.12180