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ABOUT THE BOOK

 Spirit and Capital in an Age of Inequality brings together a diverse group of scholars, activists and public intellectuals to consider one of the most pressing issues of our time: increasing inequalities of income and wealth that grate against justice and erode the bonds that hold society together. The contributors think through different religious traditions to understand and address inequality. They make practical proposals in relation to concrete situations like mass incarceration and sweatshops. They also explore the inner experience of life in a society marked by inequality, tracing the contours of stress, hopelessness and a restless lack of contentment. This book honors the work of Jon P. Gunnemann, who has been a leading scholar at the intersections of religion and economics.

Spirit and Capital in an Age of Inequality will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students and scholars of religion and economics. It will be useful to policy-makers and activists seeking a more thorough understanding of the role of religion and theology in public life.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contributors

Introduction

Robert P. Jones and Ted A. Smith

 Thinking with Traditions

Chapter 1: The Little Commonwealth: The Family as Matrix of Markets and Morality in Early Protestantism

John Witte, Jr. and Justin J. Latterell

Chapter 2: When Ancient Teachings Meet Modern Problems: Jewish Approaches to Poverty, Inequality, and the Market

William A. Galston

Chapter 3: Election, Selection, and Distinction: Paradoxes of Grace, Clan, and Class

Timothy P. Jackson

Chapter 4: Pope Francis, Catholic Social Thought, and the Rejection of Fear

E.J. Dionne, Jr.

　Moral Sentiments

Chapter 5: More Than Enough: Contentment and the Dominance of the Economic Sphere

Christine D. Pohl

Chapter 6: Stress

Julie Meadows

Chapter 7: Riots and Rip-Offs in Baltimore: Toward a Theology of Hopelessness

Miguel A. De La Torre

　For the Love of the World

Chapter 8: Wasting Human Lives: Hyper-Incarceration in the United States

Elizabeth M. Bounds

Chapter 9: Challenging a New Frontier of Market Morality: The Case of Sweatshop Economics

Keri Day

　Chapter 10: Wage Against the Machine: Wage Activism, Worker Justice, and Disruptive Jesus in the Age of Advanced Capitalism

C. Melissa Snarr

Chapter 11: Speak Up, Judge Righteously, Stand with the Poor: The Jewish Imperative for Social Justice

Jonah Dov Pesner

　Public Theology and the Common Good

Chapter 12: America, Land of the Free and Home of the Poor: Inequality as a Way of Life

Darryl M. Trimiew

Chapter 13: The Integrity of the Church in a Divided Society

Steven M. Tipton

Index