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Marginalization (Church & Society)
Author: John Atherton
ISBN: 0334029198
Published: 2003
Book Description
Can the urban church survive in Britain and Western Europe? Increasing irrelevance of churches and Christianity to people and public life drives this enquiry to look for answers by examining marginalisation processes focused on divisions within and between nations, peoples and environment. Changing global contexts informs emerging reflections on human well-being, justice, human rights and development within a more inclusive society. It draws particularly on British, American and Swedish political philosophy, economics, feminist ethics and theology to reconnect Christianity to people and public life by reformulating theology and church (as examples to other disciplines and institutions facing change) and as a new Christian political economy engaging mainstream economics, measurement systems, interfaith economics, and the role of theological-economic heresies. It is therefore profoundly contextual, interdisciplinary and the result of a life’s experience in a variety of disciplines (politics, history and theology), and pastoral work with deprived communities in the UK.
Synopsis
Can the urban church survive in Britain and Western Europe? The increasing irrelevance of churches and Christianity to people and public life drives this enquiry to look for answers by examining marginalization processes focused on divisions within and between nations, peoples and environment. John Atherton draws particularly on British, American and European political philosophy, economics, feminist ethics and theology to reconnect Christianity to people and public life. He also examines contemporary inter-faith issues and suggests a new Christian political economy engaging mainstream economics and interfaith economics.