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Augustine and the economy of sacrifice : ancient and modern perspectives
- Title
- Augustine and the economy of sacrifice : ancient and modern perspectives / Joshua S. Nunziato.
- Author
- Nunziato, Joshua, 1986-
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
- ©2020
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 21-5965 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 235 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Business is generally viewed as a means to generate personal or corporate wealth, but business transactions can also sacrificially serve the common good. In conversation with contemporary social theorists, Joshua S. Nunziato in this book critically evaluates the spiritual significance and aims of economic exchange. Inspired by Augustine's vision of the Church as a 'universal sacrifice', he explores how Augustine's approach teaches us detachment - both personal and collective - which releases us from illusory claims of ownership and reframes business as an exercise in loving and letting go. Nunziato's volume engages with the big questions of economic life and considers both why and how we acknowledge people through business in a way that results in collective well-being. It will be of interest to scholars and students of Augustinian studies, philosophy of exchange, and economic ethics."--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-229) and index.
- Contents
- Mortal economies -- Unacknowledged sacrifices -- Sacrificial acknowledgment -- Sacrificial community -- Sacrificial economy.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-5965
- ISBN
- 9781108481397
- 1108481396
- LCCN
- 2019026039
- OCLC
- 1108788826
- Author
- Nunziato, Joshua, 1986- author.
- Title
- Augustine and the economy of sacrifice : ancient and modern perspectives / Joshua S. Nunziato.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-229) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-5965