commodity Archives - The Other Journal

From Commodity to Communitas: Reconciling the Gap between Farmers and Roasters

Stephanie Berbec
September 6, 2013 / Theology, Uncategorized

This essay addresses the problem of capitalism by suggesting a theology of communitas, particularly as actualized in the coffee industry through the concept of After Trade.

19: Food

Have You Ever Seen What They Do to Valuable Natural Resources? Agriculture, Language, and Wendell Berry

Matthew Whelan
August 25, 2011 / Theology

If, as the editors of The Other Journal write, “there is a growing cultural concern …

14: Death and Dying

Consumption Junction, What’s Your Function? A Review of William Cavanaugh’s Being Consumed

Frank Valdez
March 3, 2009 / Perspective, Uncategorized

This is a review of William T. Cavanaugh’s Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire.

5: Capitalism

A Conversation with Vincent Miller

Ken Myers & Vincent Miller
April 4, 2005 / Theology

Ken Myers: The experience we have as consumers is surely one of the most formidable …