From Capital to Community: Discipleship as Defection in Jesus’ Parable about a ‘Manager of Injustice’ (Luke 16:1-13)
by Ched Myers This essay is part of Radical Christian Voices & Practice, an academic festschrift honoring our friend Dr. Christopher Rowland, a leading historian and theologian of radical Christian movements based in England. My essay looks at how Luke’s story of the so-called “unfaithful steward” is actually about someone who realizes he is caught in a socio-economic system…
Sea Changes Pts I & II
by Ched Myers “Jesus’ Call to Discipleship as Resistance to Colonizing Economics” and “Re-Imaginng Exodus Liberation as an ‘Exorcism’ of Imperial Militarism” in Challenging Empire: God, Faithfulness and Resistance. Ed. by N. Ateek, C. Duaybis and M. Tobin. Jerusalem: SabeelEcumenical Liberation Theology center, pp. 107-125. Full Article: Sea Changes Pts I & II SKU: 12-4-Pb
Jack and the Beanstalk:A Political Reading of an Old, Wise Folktale, Part I
BCM Enews article, 2010). A Sabbath Economics exegesis of the famous European peasant tale about how great wealth corrupts—even poor people. In both ancient and modern civilization, the elite control the media. Thus it is the news, the public myths, the histories and the philosophies of the haves that are broadcast and preserved. The perspectives…