RT Article
T1 A Just Weight and Measure: Embodied Economics and the Relationship between Worship and Economic Transaction
JF Studies in Christian ethics
VO 35
IS 1
SP 109
OP 126
A1 Abrego, Joshua
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1786541459
AB The concept of a ‘just weight and measure’ within the Bible is one that has insightful value for Christian ethics and economic transactions. Considering that in many situations law and judicial systems within Western society are not capable of completely constraining unethical economic transactions, what society requires are alternative motivations to enact ethical economic transactions. This article is focused on proposing a possible motivation for Christians considering the ever-growing complexities within the marketplace. It draws on insights on the concept of a ‘just weight and measure’ in Deuteronomy and its conceptual use within the books of the eighth-century prophets. A primary insight that is highlighted is the relationship between the unethical economic transactions in eighth-century Israel and God's rejection of their cultic services. When applied analogically to contemporary contexts, lessons can be gleaned from the concept of a ‘just weight and measure’ for Christian ethical economic transactions.
K1 Worship
K1 embodied economics
K1 Embodiment
K1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory
DO 10.1177/09539468211045028