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...
| Published in: | Journal of religious ethics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2017]
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Journal of religious ethics
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| Further subjects: | B
Work Ethic
B Work B anti-work B Labor B Capitalism |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jore.12180 |