Reclaiming the Radical Economic Message of Luke

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  • Reclaiming the Radical Economic Message of Luke Book Detail

  • Author : David D. M. King
  • Release Date : 2022-05-13
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Genre : Religion
  • Pages : 262
  • ISBN 13 : 1666733393
  • File Size : 49,49 MB
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Reclaiming the Radical Economic Message of Luke by David D. M. King PDF Summary

Book Description: No canonical Gospel is more concerned with wealth and poverty than Luke. A centuries-long debate rages over just how revolutionary Luke’s message is. This book seeks to recover Luke’s radical economic message, to place it in its ancient context, and to tease out its prophetic implications for today. Luke has a radical message of good news for the poor and resistance to wealth. God is shown to favor the poor, championing their struggle for justice while condemning the rich and recommending a sweeping disposal of wealth for the benefit of the poor. This represents a distinct break from the ethics of the Roman Empire and a profound challenge to modern economic systems. Generations of interpreters have worked to file down Luke’s sharp edges, from scribes copying ancient manuscripts, to early Christian authors, to contemporary scholars. Such domestication disfigures the gospel, silencing its critique of an economic system whose unremitting drive for profit and economic growth continues to widen the gap between rich and poor while threatening life-altering, environmental change. It is time to reclaim the bracing, prophetic call of Luke’s economic message that warns against the destructive power of wealth and insists on justice for the poor and marginalized.

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