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title: "The Theology of Craft and the Craft of Work: From Tabernacle to Eucharist"
author: Jeremy Kidwell
status: Published
type: monograph
kind: book
citation: "The Theology of Craft and the Craft of Work: From Tabernacle to Eucharist. Routledge."
tag: craft
subjects: work craft
comments: no
date: 2016-09-01
publishdate: 2016-09-15
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An important reconceptualisation is taking place in the way people express creativity, work together, and engage in labour; particularly with the rise of the maker movement and craft work. But is this a new phenomenon? In The Theology of Craft I explore the Hebrew bible and Greek New Testament in conversation with other ancient craft narratives to see whether there is a model for good work embedded there. Through an examination of themes such as agency, aesthetics, sociality, skill, and the material culture of work, I argue that the church (or ‘new temple’) is both the product and the site of moral work and furthermore that Christian worship provides a moral context for work.
