RT Article
T1 Between Ecclesiology and Ontology: A Response to Chris Allen on British Food Banks
JF Political theology
VO 20
IS 1
SP 85
OP 101
A1 Pemberton, Charles Samuel Christie
A2 Allen, Chris
LA English
PB Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1663598886
AB The sociologist and theologian Chris Allen develops aspects of both Liberation and Postliberal theologies to launch a critique of the two dominant contemporary Christian responses to British food insecurity: food charity and food justice campaigning. Allen maps an alternative approach: a land activist Church that draws on its own historical counter-cultural practices and takes an oppositional stance to the contemporary state and market nexus. Drawing on the work of the Italian philosopher and political theorist Roberto Esposito, this essay argues that Allen's goals could be more fully realized by investigating with greater nuance Christian ontology, ecclesiology and the role of the state. Turning again to Allen's sources in this essay, the variety and potential of foodbank volunteering along with the legitimacy of food justice campaigns are critically reintegrated into a more radical project, a project which includes but is not limited to the sphere of the ecclesia.
K1 Charity
K1 Roberto Esposito
K1 foodbanks
K1 Liberation Theology
K1 Postliberal Theology
DO 10.1080/1462317X.2018.1509180