{"product_id":"life-on-the-breadline-chris-shannahan-9780334063698","title":"Life on the Breadline: Theology, Poverty and Politics in an Age of Austerity","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcademic theology stands at a crossroads. Will it rise to the challenge and focus its energy on the development of a fieldwork-led theology of liberation that can resource the struggle to make poverty history?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife on the Breadline\u003c\/em\u003e represents the first fieldwork-based book by an academic theologian to identify, explore and analyse the spectrum of Christian responses to austerity-age poverty in the UK. Rooted in an interdisciplinary theoretical analysis of multidimensional poverty, political discourse and extensive qualitative research, it develops a groundbreaking theological analysis of the impact of governmental austerity policies since the 2008 financial crash.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLife on the Breadline, \u003c\/em\u003eChris Shannahan identifies and critiques a spectrum of Christian responses to poverty and sows the seeds of a new theology of liberation, demonstrating that the Church faces a Kairos moment in its engagement in the public sphere and its commitment to 'transform structural injustice'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBLOGPOST: \u003c\/strong\u003eWhy do Christians engage with poverty? Q\u0026amp;A with Chris Shannahan on the SCM Press blog here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Shannahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0334063698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780334063698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e SCM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Chris Shannahan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48588346360063,"sku":"9780334063698","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23095f8e-4a3c-4b13-8818-638c2db67959.jpg?v=1780174184","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-on-the-breadline-chris-shannahan-9780334063698","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}