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BBCL 712 - Economy and the Bible: Subsistence, Slavery, and Salvation

3 credits
From the prosperity gospel to liberation theology, Christians use biblical texts in diverse ways to reflect on wealth and poverty, labor, and the role of God in the economic sphere. Students explore the social-historical context for some of these texts and consider texts often overlooked by contemporary Christianity when thinking about these topics. Explores ancient literature, including biblical texts, which integrate financial language within religious thought on topics including human suffering, sacrifice, health and salvation, and resurrection. Also considers a variety of contemporary theoretical, theological, ethical, and sociological texts engagements with theological/economic entanglements.  While PhD students are expected to use ancient languages in their work for the course, ancient texts may be read in translation during class to encourage interdisciplinary participation and conversation in the seminar.


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