The Hope of Liberation in World Religions
This collection of essays is a richly textured inquiry into the hope of liberation for the disenfranchised and marginalized, for those abandoned and exploited by our present “neoliberal” global economic system. Neoliberalism, argues Miguel De La Torre, the editor of this collection, is more than a d...
| Published in: | A journal of church and state |
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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A journal of church and state
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| Review of: | The hope of liberation in world religions (Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, 2008) (Stone, Bryan P.)
The hope of liberation in world religions (Waco, TX : Baylor University Press, 2008) (Stone, Bryan P.) The hope of liberation in world religions (Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, 2008) (Stone, Bryan P.) |
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| Summary: | This collection of essays is a richly textured inquiry into the hope of liberation for the disenfranchised and marginalized, for those abandoned and exploited by our present “neoliberal” global economic system. Neoliberalism, argues Miguel De La Torre, the editor of this collection, is more than a decentralized, global economic order extended through an electronically connected network of markets, financial institutions, multinational corporations, and the mass media. It is also “a spirit,” or even “a faith,” and the major competitor of the world's religious traditions today “for the souls of humanity. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csp034 |