Panel: MATERIAL REALITIES OF RACE, CLASS, GENDER AND RELIGION. QUESTIONING THE PRODUCTION OF INEQUALITY AND INJUSTICE



50.2 - BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW: LABOR, LIBERATION, AND THE EGALITARIAN STRAND OF BIBLICAL MONOTHEISM (GENESIS 5)

AUTHORS:
Kahl B. (Union Theological Seminary ~ New York ~ United States of America)
Text:
The exclusive Oneness of the biblical God is more frequently read in terms of religious intolerance than as a rallying cry towards a more equitable social and economic order. Based on the work of Norman Gottwald, Richard Horsley, and Roland Boer, among others, we need to revisit some of the key narratives across the testaments that point to an economy of sharing and solidarity as embedded into the core commandment of not having any others gods and not to bow down and serve them.