A Peasant’s Satire of the Politics of Debt (Luke 16:1–8a)

This article reads the parable of the unjust steward (Luke 16:1–8a) using a social-scientific method, particularly the anthropology of agrarian patron-client relations. Here I delineate a model of the erosion of patron-client bonds, based on the work of James C. Scott and others, and the emergence o...

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Main Author: Guevara, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2024
In: Biblical theology bulletin
Year: 2024, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 13-25
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Luke / Administrator / Verschulden / Satire
RelBib Classification:HC New Testament
ZA Social sciences
Further subjects:B Luke 16:1–8a
B Debt
B Social-scientific
B Peasants
B Satire
B Unjust Steward
B Patronage
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