Between Ecclesiology and Ontology: A Response to Chris Allen on British Food Banks
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 activi...
| Published in: | Political theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2019]
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Political theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 85-101 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Great Britain
/ Foodbank
/ Nutrition policy
/ Church
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| RelBib Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KBF British Isles NCC Social ethics RK Charity work SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Liberation Theology
B Postliberal Theology B Roberto Esposito B foodbanks B Charity |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Reference: | Kritik von "Food poverty and Christianity in Britain (2016)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2018.1509180 |