FRANZ SEGBERS Franz Segbers, born August 8, 1949 in Gelsenkirchen, is a German theologian. He studied catholic theology, pedagogy and the social sciences at the University of Munster. He was a social or industrial pastor in Frankfurt up to 1985. Out of protest against the repression of liberation theology, he withdrew from the Roman Catholic Church in 1986. He was a professor of social ethics at the Philipps-University in Marburg from 2004. He has urged a just distribution of paid work and is a shining example of social enlightenment and progressive theology. His website offers scores of essays, lectures and books. Segbers is engaged in the struggle against neoliberal globalization and works with Marxist categories in a theological criticism of capitalism as a religion. The future of work and globalization on the background of Christian social ethics are two of his research interests. These essays were translated by Marc Batko. The cover design is by Nick Caya. Marc Batko @2018
CONTENTS 1. Poverty Returns with Misguided Policy 2. Work and Human Rights 3. Forgive us our Debts 4. Democracy and the Social State 5. Capitalism as a Religion 6. Capitalism in the Faith Crisis 7. The Great Ecumene against Capitalism 8. Social Justice and the Sacred Nature of the Person