A Conversation with Michael Rhodes PhD, Lecturer in Old Testament; Carey Baptist Seminary
Dr. Michael Rhodes will be Zooming in to a live gathered audience at Chesterton House’s The Knoll. At the conclusion of the event, in person attendees will partake in post conversation lead by Executive Director Vivek Mathew.
The Hebrew Scriptures are some of the earliest texts in history to set forth a moral stance toward distributional justice which orders economic goods for the flourishing of a whole community. But how did (or would) it deal with crippling debt, poverty, taxation, redistribution, and other contemporary questions of economic justice? Joins Chesterton House in conversation with Old Testament scholar and pastor Michael Rhodes of Carey Baptist Seminary as he takes us through the Hebrew Bible’s counterintuitive approach to economic justice. From debt forgiveness to a practice of communal feasting of meals, Dr. Rhodes helps us understand the contextual complexities and how they might help inform the challenging policy and lifestyle questions we face today.
