Augustine and the Economy of Sacrifice: Ancient and Modern Perspectives

Joshua S. Nunziato

doi:10.1017/9781108630467

Business is generally viewed as a means to generate personal or corporate wealth, but business transactions can also sacrificially serve the common good. In conversation with contemporary social theorists, Joshua S. Nunziato in this book critically evaluates the spiritual significance and aims of economic exchange. Inspired by Augustine's vision of the Church as a 'universal sacrifice', he explores how Augustine's approach teaches us detachment - both personal and collective - which releases us from illusory claims of ownership and reframes business as an exercise in loving and letting go. Nunziato's volume engages with the big questions of economic life and considers both why and how we acknowledge people through business in a way that results in collective well-being. It will be of interest to scholars and students of Augustinian studies, philosophy of exchange, and economic ethics.

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Ancient and Modern Perspectives

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Augustine and the Economy of Sacrifice
pp i-ii

Augustine and the Economy of Sacrifice - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Dedication
pp v-v

Epigraph
pp vi-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgments
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-26

1 - Mortal Economies
pp 27-65

2 - Unacknowledged Sacrifices
pp 66-99

3 - Sacrificial Acknowledgment
pp 100-143

4 - Sacrificial Community
pp 144-169

5 - Sacrificial Economy
pp 170-216

Conclusion
pp 217-220

Works Cited
pp 221-229

Index
pp 230-235

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