The reformation of welfare : : the new faith of the labour market /

The reformation of welfare : : the new faith of the labour market / / Tom Boland and Ray Griffin.

Inspired by ideas from economic theology, this provocative book uncovers deep-rooted religious concepts and shows how they continue to influence contemporary views of work and unemployment.

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Superior document:Policy Press scholarship online
VerfasserIn:
Boland, Tom,
Griffin, Ray,
TeilnehmendeR:
Griffin, Ray,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Bristol University Press,, 2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Policy Press scholarship online.
Physical Description:1 online resource (v, 212 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2022).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • The Reformation of Welfare: The New Faith of the Labour Market
  • Copyright information
  • Dedication
  • Table of contents
  • 1 Introduction: Paradoxes of Welfare
  • Our approach
  • The new trials of Job
  • Governing the unemployed
  • Cruel to be kind?
  • Theology resurrected
  • What is at stake in this book?
  • Outline
  • 2 Archaic Anthropology: The Presence of the Past in the Present
  • Why religion? Iconoclasm and critique
  • Archaic anthropology
  • Nietzsche: modernity as Christian 'slave morality'
  • Weber: spirits and ethics in history
  • Foucault: historicizing government as pastoral power
  • Agamben: signatures of theology
  • Conclusion
  • 3 Reform: Policies and the Polity
  • Reformers
  • The politics of history
  • Back to the future
  • The politics of policy
  • Reformation as transformation
  • Tests and trials
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Vocation: Doing God's Work
  • The ethos of work
  • The work-ethic
  • Deprived and depraved
  • Laborae est orare: to work is to pray
  • Conclusion
  • 5 Purgatory: The Ideal of Purifying Suffering
  • Doing nothing
  • Welfare before welfare
  • Purgatory on earth
  • The economy of suffering
  • Conclusion
  • 6 Pilgrimage: The Interminable Ritual of Jobseeking
  • Pilgrim's persistence
  • Life and pilgrimage
  • Christian pilgrimage
  • Job pilgrimages: penance, waymarks and the Promised Land
  • Penitential pilgrims: first steps
  • Waymarks: the path to self-transformation
  • What goes on the road ...
  • Conclusion
  • 7 Curriculum Vitae: Confessions of Faith in the Labour Market
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Curriculum vitae of the CV
  • Faith in the labour market
  • Governing the curriculum vitae
  • Templates for transformation
  • Conclusion
  • 8 Conclusion: Parables of Welfare
  • Know your history
  • Finding theology hidden in plain sight
  • A provocation
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • Back Cover.

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