Bread of Life in Broken Britain
Bread of Life in Broken Britain

Author: Charles Pemberton

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2020-04-30

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 0334058961

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The return of Christian social service to the centre of British political life through the emergence of the foodbank movement has elicited a range of ecclesial responses. However, in their urgency and brevity these Church responses fail to systematically integrate political critique and social analysis, nor do they undertake a sustained integration of the recent gains in political theology with the realities of our current ‘mixed economy of welfare’. Charles Pemberton draws on interviews with foodbank users and volunteers to defend and advance a Christian vision of welfare beyond emergency food provision. He suggests that behind the day-to-day struggles of those using foodbanks there are wider much concerns about loneliness, marginalisation and the wholesale fragmentation of society.

Bread of Life in Broken Britain
Bread of Life in Broken Britain

Author: Charles Roding Pemberton

Publisher: SCM Press

Published: 2020-04-30

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 0334058988

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Charles Pemberton draws on interviews with foodbank users and volunteers to defend and advance a Christian vision of welfare beyond emergency food provision. He suggests that behind the day-to-day struggles of those using foodbanks there are wider much concerns about loneliness, marginalisation and the wholesale fragmentation of society.

Lived Experiences and Social Transformations
Lived Experiences and Social Transformations

Author: CL Wren Radford

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-03-07

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 9004513183

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This book argues for the productive and problematic nature of sharing lived experiences as a political and theological practice, drawing on a case study with anti-poverty activists in the UK to argue for a critical, creative, and collaborative approach to engaging with marginalised experiences in practical theology.

Hunger, Whiteness and Religion in Neoliberal Britain
Hunger, Whiteness and Religion in Neoliberal Britain

Author: Maddy Power

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2023-06

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1447358554

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Exploring why food aid exists and the deeper causes of food poverty, this book addresses neglected dimensions of traditional food aid and food poverty debates. It argues that the food aid industry is infused with neoliberal governmentality and shows how food charity upholds Christian ideals and white privilege, maintaining inequalities of class, race, religion and gender. However, it also reveals a sector that is immensely varied, embodying both individualism and mutual aid. Drawing upon lived experiences, it documents how food sharing amid poverty fosters solidarity and gives rise to alternative modes of food redistribution among communities. By harnessing these alternative ways of being, food aid and communities can be part of movements for economic and racial justice.