Send Lazarus - Catholicism and the Crises of Neoliberalism

Contrary to Catholicism's commitment to mercy, today's dominant global economic and cultural system, neoliberal capitalism, demands that life be led as a series of sacrifices to the market. Central is treatment of four neoliberal-perpetuated and -exacerbated crises: environmental destruction, slum proliferation, mass incarceration, and mass deportation.

List of contents

List of Abbreviations | ix

Introduction | 1

Introducing Neoliberalism, 2 ¿ Catholic Critique of Neoliberalism, 4 ¿

Chapter Outlines, 7 ¿ Send Lazarus, 11

Part I : Catholic Social Thought and the Economy

1 Catholic Social Thought against Economism | 15

Modern Catholic Social Thought, 17 ¿ John Paul II on

Economism, 20 ¿ Benedict XVI: Against an Impersonal

Economy, 33 ¿ Francis: No to a Faceless Economy, 46 ¿

Papal Continuity, 56

Part II: Neoliberalism

2 Neoliberal Capitalism | 65

Neoliberalism as PoliticalEconomy, 66 ¿

Neoliberalism as Common Sense, 76 ¿

Ethos of Mercilessness, 86

3 Sacrifice, Race, and Indifference | 94

Sacrifice Zones, Earth, and Slums, 96 ¿ Racial Neoliberalism,

Mass Incarceration, and Mass Deportation, 110 ¿

Neoliberalism as Culture of Indifference, 123

Part III: Catholic Mercy in a Neoliberal Age

4 A Theology of Mercy | 133

Trinity, Mystery, and Mercy, 134 ¿ Anthropology, Ecclesiology,

and Mercy, 144 ¿ The Works and the Politics of Mercy, 153

5 The Politics of Mercy against Neoliberal Sacrifice | 164

Universal Destination of Goods, 165 ¿ Visit the Sick, 167 ¿

Give Food, Drink, and Clothing, 175 ¿ Abolitionism, 180 ¿

Ransom the Captive, 188 ¿ Welcome the Stranger, 195

Conclusion: For Holistic Mercy | 205

Acknowledgments| 209

Notes | 211

Bibliography | 245

Index | 269

About the author

Matthew T. Eggemeier and Peter Joseph Fritz

Summary

Contrary to Catholicism’s commitment to mercy, today’s dominant global economic and cultural system, neoliberal capitalism, demands that life be led as a series of sacrifices to the market. Central is treatment of four neoliberal-perpetuated and -exacerbated crises: environmental destruction, slum proliferation, mass incarceration, and mass deportation.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew T Eggemeier, Matthew T Fritz Eggemeier, Matthew T. Eggemeier, Matthew T. Fritz Eggemeier, Matthew T./ Fritz Eggemeier, Peter Joseph Fritz
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9780823288014
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-8801-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Catholic Practice in North Ame; Catholic Practice in North America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Sozialtheorie, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Religion - Catholicism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capitalism