Biblical Jubilee and the Struggle for Life (Paperback: Illustrated: 192 pages)
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| Author: | Ross Kinsler, Gloria Kinsler |
| Format: | Paperback: Illustrated: 192 pages. |
| Publisher: | Orbis Books (12/01/1999) |
| ISBN: | 1570752893 |
| ISBN13: | 9781570752896 |
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Publisher Notes: Biblical Jubilee and the Struggle for Life
Foreword
by Ched Meyersix Preface xiii Introduction xv 1 The Jubilee Challenge--Fullness of Life for All God's People 1 Today's World 1 The Champagne Glass Analogy 1 Globalization of the "Free Market" 3 Spiritual Alienation, Insolidarity, and Religious Proliferation 5 Biblical Faith 6 The Exodus and the Logic of Liberation 6 The Jubilee Vision--The Seventh Day, the Seventh Year, the Fiftieth Year 9 Jesus and the Jubilee 17 Responsible Discipleship 19 Personal Transformation 19 Ecclesial Transformation 20 Social Transformation 22 2 The Promised Land--An Alternative Social Possibility 24 Today's World 25 A Mayan Cosmogony 26 The Sandinista Experience 27 The Earth Charter 29 Biblical Faith 30 The Land as Gift, Temptation, Responsibility, and Threat 31 The Tribes of Yahweh 33 Sabbath Rest 36 Sabbath Economics 38 Responsible Discipleship 39 Simple Lifestyle--The Logic of Enough 39 Covenanting for Life 40 Ecofeminism 42 3 Abuse of Land, Labor, and Life 44 Today's World 44 Economic and Ecological Suicide 44 Bretton Woods--Foundations of Our World Economy 46 The Commodification of Land, Labor, and Life 48 Biblical Faith 50 The Monarchy and the Logic of Centralization 50 Prophetic Denunciation of Religion without Justice 53 Destruction and Exile, Judgment and Rebirth of Hope 54 Responsible Discipleship 57 A Call for Repentance 57 On the Way: From Kairos to Jubilee 58 The Clamor for Land 60 4 Sabbath Economics, Jubilee Spirituality, and Liberty for All 64 Today's World 64 Emerging Alternatives 65 Toward a Vision of an Economy of Life 66 Overcoming the Great Divorce 68 Biblical Faith 69 Exile and Return--The Renewed Search for an Alternative Social Possibility 70 The Deuteronomic and Priestly Traditions--The Sabbath Year and the Jubilee Year 72 The Isaiah Traditions 80 Royal Decrees 83 Responsible Discipleship 84 The Stewardship of Our Lives 85 The Stewardship of God's Household 85 The Stewardship of Creation 86 5 Jesus' Proclamation of God's Reign as Jubilee 88 Today's World 89 Socioeconomic Structures and Prejudices That Marginalize and Exclude 89 Political-Ideological Structures and Prejudices That Marginalize and Exclude 90 Religious-Spiritual Structures and Prejudices That Marginalize and Exclude 91 Biblical Faith 92 Sabbath-Jubilee Texts in Mark 92 Sabbath-Jubilee Texts in Matthew 98 Sabbath-Jubilee Texts in Luke 103 Responsible Discipleship 107 Encountering the Holy among the Most Vulnerable 108 Finding God's Word through Openness to Others 109 Discovering Our Own Humanity by Affirming the Full Humanity of Others 111 6 Jesus and the Domination System 112 Today's World 112 500 Years of Conquest 112 500 Years of Economic Oppression, Patriarchy, and Racism 114 500 Years of Entitlement as Addiction 116 Biblical Faith 118 Subversive Teaching and Action 119 Creating Alternative Community 123 Confronting Structural Sin 125 Responsible Discipleship 127 Possibilities for Personal Recovery 128 Possibilities for Ecclesial Renewal 129 Possibilities for Social Transformation 131 7 Jubilee Practices in the Early Church 134 Today's World 134 The Free Market Economy--Is It Humane? 134 Free Market Ideology--Does It Have a Conscience? 136 Privatistic Spirituality--Is It Adequate? 139 Biblical Faith 140 Pentecost as Jubilee 141 The Lord's Supper 143 The Collection for the Poor in Jerusalem 146 Responsible Discipleship 149 Borders--Walls or Bridges? 149 Churches--Privileged Ghettos or Servant Communities? 150 Globalization--Slavery or Liberation? 152 8 Jubilee--Celebrating Life Together 154 Recovering Times and Spaces to Be Human--The Promised Land 155 Respecting and Renewing Creation--New Heavens and a New Earth 156 Overcoming Poverty and Wealth--Enough Is Enough for All 158 Liberation from Debts, Slavery, Disease, and Sin 159 Discovering Others, Finding Ourselves 160 Going Home--Identity, Security, Peace 161 Working for Justice, Celebrating Life Together 162 References and Further Reading 164 Index 167
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