Jubilee Economics: The Purpose, Practices, and Possibilities for a Better Future - by Kelley Nikondeha (Paperback)

About the Book

"An examination of jubilee as a tool for economic reset addressing debt and economic injustice"-- Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

Most consider jubilee to be an aspirational, ancient practice, dismissing it as impractical for modern economic practices. Among theologians and economists many doubt it was ever practiced. And they would be wrong. Kelley Nikondeha uncovers recent scholarship that tells a different story, one of Jubilee's robust capabilities for resetting just economic systems.

This book offers the possibility of better conversations about our economic life, not just abroad, not just at national and community levels, but at home as well. Jubilee offers us principals, purpose and practices to explore together. As we face a feral world where precarious economies abound, it is good to seek better tools as systems show devastating fault lines.

Jubilee is a conversation that Nikondeha has continuously engaged in, in her work as a liberation theologian in partnership with her husband, a community development practitioner, banker, and organizer in Burundi (East Africa). In this book and her community development work Nikondeha explores the purpose, practices, and possibilities of jubilee economics, the historical precedent and current engagement that revitalize our economic conversation - and action.

We can reach for ancient wisdom from our ancestors, our priests and prophets in Jubilee and supplement that with insight from innovative contemporaries. And together we can engage conversations for better economies, rooted in the rich loam of jubilee.

From the Back Cover

US$28.00

RELIGION / Christian Living / Social Issues

RELIGION / Liberation Theology

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity

JUBILEE ECONOMICS

The Purpose, Practices, and Possibilities for a Better Future

Cover design: Ponie Sheehan

Image credit: [TK]

ISBN 978-1-62698-635-0

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Review Quotes

"Jubilee Economics will change the way you see (and integrate) money, economics, and spirituality." --Brian D. McLaren, author, Faith After Doubt
"'It never gets old watching people set free, ' Nikondeha writes. That's exactly what this book does: looks for the hope of jubilee in societies that have forgotten the sacred joy of pursuing freedom." --Kaitlin B. Curtice, author, Native and Living Resistance
"Thoughtful frameworks and practical tools like Jubilee Economics will prove invaluable to crafting a better capitalism." --Paul Knowlton, Esq., CEO, Institute for Better Capitalism, Inc.
"Nikondeha liberates us from the status quo and into the real communities that grow healthier when jubilee principles are embraced. This masterfully written, street-level account should be required reading for anyone who believes leading the way toward practical, creative remedies for collective flourishing matters."--Shannan Martin, author, The Ministry of Ordinary Places
"Nikondeha's jubilee vision for land, labor, and liberation rekindles hope."--Philip Clayton, Claremont School of Theology
"To inspire our living together with compassion, justice, and joy, I highly recommend Jubilee Economics as a vital story told through history, the Bible, and experience."--Kent Annan, co-director, Humanitarian Disaster Institute, Wheaton College

About the Author

Kelley Nikondeha is a writer, speaker, liberation theologian, and community development practitioner. Together with her husband, Claude Nikondeha, they founded Communities of Hope (an NGO in Burundi), Kazoza Bank, and have an ongoing partnership with the United Nations Capital Development Fund around economic development.