Bond, Favour Bank, and Social Capital: A Social-Scientific Reading of the Parable of the Dishonest Steward in Luke 16.1–9

Luke 16.1–9 is enigmatic. Many interpretative contexts have been offered to illuminate this parable. A social-scientific optic provides an interpretation mostly from the lens of shame, honour, generosity and a patron-client relationship. Reconsidering the parable from a social-scientific lens, this...

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Main Author: Uwaegbute, Kingsley Ikechukwu 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2025, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 150-172
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Lukasevangelium 16,1-9 / Disgrace / Honor / Social capital
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
NCC Social ethics
TB Antiquity
ZA Social sciences
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B Social Capital
B debt reduction
B favour bank
B dishonest steward
B Lk. 16.1–9
B social-scientific criticism
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