The Reign of Neoliberalism and the Reign of God: Ignacio Ellacuría’s Anthropology as a Critique of Neoliberalism
This article uses the work of Ignacio Ellacuría to articulate a concept of sin in light of the literature on how neoliberalism shapes us into homo oeconomicus. Ellacuría describes sin as the stifling of the theologal dimension of historical reality; it rejects the fundamental affirmation that all th...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2026
|
| In: |
Theological studies
Year: 2026, Volume: 87, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-76 |
| Further subjects: | B
Liberation Theology
B Ignacio Ellacuría B homo oeconomicus B Immigration B Sin B Theological Anthropology B Neoliberalism B Wendy Brown |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | This article uses the work of Ignacio Ellacuría to articulate a concept of sin in light of the literature on how neoliberalism shapes us into homo oeconomicus. Ellacuría describes sin as the stifling of the theologal dimension of historical reality; it rejects the fundamental affirmation that all things ?have been formed according to the triune life and refer essentially to that life.? Under neoliberalism, such a concept of sin is hollowed out, as transgressions are always and only against the market: The always elusive economic market is the only victim of history. The article ends with how the denunciation of sin has functioned as a critique of market logics on the southern US border. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00405639251403062 |
