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Vocation and the politics of work : popular theology in consumer culture / Jeffrey Scholes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (v, 184 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780739178911
  • 0739178911
  • 1299318487
  • 9781299318489
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Vocation and the politics of work.DDC classification:
  • 261.8/5 23
LOC classification:
  • BV4740
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Theology of vocation and the role of work -- Theology at work -- Consumer culture and its effects -- The purchase-driven life -- Towards a political vocation.
Summary: This book surveys the theological and cultural appropriations of the Protestant concept of vocation in order to argue for a vocation that has political traction in modern workplaces. It uniquely brings together insights from recent works in political theology and consumer culture studies along with analyses of self-help literature to accomplish this task.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)549047

Includes bibliographical referencesd (pages 171-180) and index.

Theology of vocation and the role of work -- Theology at work -- Consumer culture and its effects -- The purchase-driven life -- Towards a political vocation.

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This book surveys the theological and cultural appropriations of the Protestant concept of vocation in order to argue for a vocation that has political traction in modern workplaces. It uniquely brings together insights from recent works in political theology and consumer culture studies along with analyses of self-help literature to accomplish this task.

English.