Introduction
Explore this public good approach to Christian ethics in the public square, especially in the United States. This series will highlight twelve key relationships distorted by Plantation Capitalism, a system of production where elites exploit people and the planet, and corrected by Jesus in his Jubilee Economy.
In August 2024, Mako gave a radio interview with S.J. Munson, on his program, Majoring on the Majors, to describe this series. Mako and S.J. talked about what Plantation Capitalism is. Key soundbite: "Capitalism generally can be where companies live by the rules of the community. Plantation Capitalism specifically is where companies set the rules of the community."
The goal of the series is to suggest helpful ways forward on policies, by being well informed and also rooted in a strong Jesus-centered, biblical framework for loving our neighbor.
Videos 1 - 10 are being offered as a Zoom discussion class in the Winter and Spring of 2025. Register here on our Thinkific site. They analyze twelve major relationships in Scripture, church history, and the contemporary U.S.
Videos 11 and onward focus on specific industries, laws, or policy areas, with suggestions about how we can bring about policy changes.
“I’ve never heard Genesis 1 taught this way, as “anti-Empire”! It makes so much more sense to start with rest, not work! It’s all a gift. But Empire makes living into labor, not life.”
“You’ve given me courage to engage my church on issues of outreach and justice. ”
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