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.
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 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
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
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