| Author: | Ross Kinsler, Gloria Kinsler |
| Format: | Paperback: Illustrated: 192 pages. |
| Publisher: | Orbis Books (12/01/1999) |
| ISBN: | 1570752893 |
| ISBN13: | 9781570752896 |
| Reading Level: |
| Foreword by Ched Meyers | ix |
| 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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