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Scholes, Jeffrey, 1971-

Vocation and the politics of work : popular theology in consumer culture / Jeffrey Scholes. - 1 online resource (v, 184 pages)

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.

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.

ISBN: 9780739178911 0739178911 1299318487 9781299318489

LCCN: 2021675765

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Vocation--Christianity.
Work--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Consumption (Economics)--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christianity and culture.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Christianity and culture
Consumption (Economics)--Religious aspects--Christianity
Vocation--Christianity
Work--Religious aspects--Christianity

LC Class. No.: BV4740

Dewey Class. No.: 261.8/5