<p>Jung Mo Sung has pioneered a theological analysis of economics in his previous publications, developing a penetrating ethico-religious critique of the international capitalist systems, whose institutions he likens to altars. Where ancient idolatry had visible altars, the modern altar of the â€˜global market godâ€™, is invisible, but still demands human sacrifices in the name of â€˜objectiveâ€™ desires. Here Sung recovers theologyâ€™s relevance for a world where the most dangerous idols â€" those that sacrifice millions of people upon the altar of wealth â€" have for too long been ignored by theology. Desire, Market, Religion, Sung investigates themes such as the struggle against social exclusion, the relationship between economics and religion in the 21 century, where global brands and global economies reigns supreme, and theologyâ€™s role in the struggle against social exclusion and the giving of hope for plenty, when the reality is scarcity.</p>

Reclaiming Liberation Theology: Desire, Market, Religion

Business & Money

Sung, Jung Mo

Althaus-Reid, Marcella

Petrella, Ivan

Investing

Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd

<p>In Beyond the Spirit of Empire, the authors analyze the global empire not only in its political and economic dimensions, but also in its symbolic constructions of power and in its general assumptions often taken for granted. How does empire mould human subjectivity, for instance, and how does it affect the understanding of humans within the whole of creation? What are the religious dimensions of empire, its claims to divine attributes like omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, eternity, and what about its alleged exclusiveness and pervasiveness that destroys human life and freedom, which turns politics into a banal matter? The authors propose to look beyond empire to the possibility of politics and freedom, to the recovery of the notion of people, to the importance of ongoing concern for the oppressed and excluded, and to a messianic faith that allows us to live in anticipation, though ambiguously, of the promise of new times to come.</p>

Beyond the Spirit of Empire (Reclaiming Liberation Theology)

History

Rieger, Joerg

Miguez, Nestor

World

Economía, tema ausente en la teología de la liberación (Colección Análisis) (Spanish Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones

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