The Power of the West in the Economy of Grace: Reclaiming a Prophetic Stewardship with an Ecosophic Worldview

Description: The overall problem raised in this book is that the Western culture of modern rationality power and economics departs from a rather narrow secular and ego-centric worldview. Therefore it does not recognize the identity of traditional cultures and religions nor social economic or ecological justice in relation to the rest of the world. Western religion has over history often played a legitimating role for political power and the expansion of institutional structures and has therefore lost much of its prophetic identity to be signs of peace justice and unity. The ecumenical and integrative model of stewardship as an economy of grace with a deeper ecological philosophy does however offer new visions for a multicultural and multireligious economy. This book is intended for leaders students and scholars interested in interdisciplinary studies of politics religion economics and ecology. This will also be of interest to students and researchers in peace studies or conflict management as well as to leaders who are engaged in the building of peace and justice.