Theological Complicity in the Disappearing of the Working Class
Contrary to popular perception, the majority of the United States population belongs to the working class, not the middle class (even under different definitions of class). But in the discourses of policy-making, popular culture, and Christian theological scholarship alike, the working class has alm...
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| 格式: | 电子 文件 |
| 语言: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2016]
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Dialog
Year: 2016, 卷: 55, 发布: 1, Pages: 70-78 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FA Theology KBQ North America NCC Social ethics ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Middle class
B Working Class B economic inequality B theology and economics B Labor B Capitalism |
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| 总结: | Contrary to popular perception, the majority of the United States population belongs to the working class, not the middle class (even under different definitions of class). But in the discourses of policy-making, popular culture, and Christian theological scholarship alike, the working class has almost completely disappearedwhich contributes to deifying economic and political inequalities. To counteract this disappearance, class must be established as a constructive theological locus, and justice for the working class (qua working class) established as both ethical norm and practical objective. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12226 |