Locating the 'Lordless Powers' in Ireland: Karl Barth, Novels, and Theological Ethics in the Aftermath of the Celtic Tiger:
Theological reflection on economic ethics often follows the tradition of the social sciences in describing economic reality in econometric terms. The numerical imagination of the social sciences is not always an elegant dialogue partner for theological ethical reflection. This can be seen to be the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2019]
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Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2019, Volume: 84, Issue: 3, Pages: 243-258 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Barth, Karl 1886-1968
/ Ireland
/ Economic ethics
/ Literature
/ Novel
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KBF British Isles KDD Protestant Church NCE Business ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Theological Ethics
B Karl Barth B Celtic Tiger B Ireland B Novels B lordless powers |
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| Summary: | Theological reflection on economic ethics often follows the tradition of the social sciences in describing economic reality in econometric terms. The numerical imagination of the social sciences is not always an elegant dialogue partner for theological ethical reflection. This can be seen to be the case when we draw upon Karl Barth's discussion of 'lordless powers' to describe the dramatic economic reversal endured in Ireland over the last decade. In this article, I propose that literature represents an important additional dialogue partner for theological reflection. Four Irish novels are proposed as potential grounds for considering the relevance of the lordless power discussion in an Irish context. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0021140019849389 |