A Blemished Offering: Economy, Eucharist, and the Limits of Epiphanic Conversion
This article critiques Enrique Dussel’s use of the conversion of Bartolomé de Las Casas to ground his argument for a clear correspondence between Christian economic and eucharistic participation. Portraying justice as the result of an epiphanic conversion, Dussel implies a sudden and enduring ethica...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2022
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Theological studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 83, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-218 |
Further subjects: | B
Economy
B Bartolomé de Las Casas B Enrique Dussel B Eucharist B Latinx theology B Capitalism |
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Summary: | This article critiques Enrique Dussel’s use of the conversion of Bartolomé de Las Casas to ground his argument for a clear correspondence between Christian economic and eucharistic participation. Portraying justice as the result of an epiphanic conversion, Dussel implies a sudden and enduring ethical purity that undermines the justice he wants to call forth. I argue that a closer reading of the life of Las Casas offers a more truthful way to account for eucharistic practice under the pervasive structures of late capitalism. |
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ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00405639221090846 |