Sabbath Economics focuses helping people examine practically their own household economics. Our approach is predicated on our convictions that: our current lifeways in the capitalist economic system are unsustainable; that we must make changes; and that the most enduring changes are ones we make incrementally and deliberately.
by Ched Myers $5.00 (electronic versions only) Email BCM to PURCHASE (group discounts apply) First published in 2002, we have just completed a refresh of the Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics booklet. It is currently available for just US$5.00, in PDF, EBook (ePub) and flipbook (browser) formats. Biblical Vision, by Ched Myers, offers seven studies…
by Sam Greenlee Guest Contributor A couple of years ago, when we were trying to find a home to buy, we hoped to purchase a fixer-upper that would require us to take on less debt. There were plenty available, or so it seemed. Time and time again our offers lost out to investors who had…
By Ched Myers (BCM E-News, Sept 2005, revised Oct 2015) Over the last 15 years of our Sabbath Economics education at BCM we’ve had a few individuals we worked with decide to divest of considerable personal wealth. To most affluent Christians such acts would seem to represent unwise “extremism” that should be treated suspiciously. Similarly,…
Feb 18-22, 2013 Bartimaeus Institute This scripture intensive offered a theological response to the Occupy Movement, and a conversation with Cornell West and Tavis Smiley’s recent manifesto on wealth and poverty, The Rich and the Rest of Us (2012). Led by Ched Myers, over 30 people explored selected texts from Luke’s “special section” that appear…
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