Economics (and Money) are political not only because they a system of organising society but also because they are a primary means of shaping social freedom. The biblical narratives of the old testament repeatedly place economic injustice in society at the centre of Gods concern. The gospel of Jesus is also good news for the economics of this world, what political shape might that take in our context?
Core Reading:
Luke 4:14-20
Cavanaugh (2003) Unfreedom of the Market
Storie and Brett (2007) The Church in the Economy of God
Sedgwick (2007) Globalization
Baker (98) The Jubilee and the Millennium (about freedom)
Further Reading:
Mott & Sider (2000) Economic justice a biblical paradigm
Cohen (2001) Freedom and Money (draft version)
Pemberton (1990) Rescuing The Good Samaritan - welfare state
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