Transforming Faith Stories in a Time of Economic Contestation
Scriptural notions of personhood require community. Practices of oikonomia refer to households rather than individuals. Yet, in the US, oppressive economic formulations of identity linked to individual achievement are nearly universal, widely distributed and amplified through digital technologies. R...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2026
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| In: |
Religious education
Year: 2026, Volume: 121, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-66 |
| Further subjects: | B
Economics
B Media Education B Religious Education B Storytelling B transformative education |
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| Summary: | Scriptural notions of personhood require community. Practices of oikonomia refer to households rather than individuals. Yet, in the US, oppressive economic formulations of identity linked to individual achievement are nearly universal, widely distributed and amplified through digital technologies. Religious communities offer alternatives to these distorting and destructive stories when we foreground narratives of religious identity and resistance rooted in economies of solidarity. |
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| ISSN: | 1547-3201 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious education
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2026.2627109 |



