Ptoxocracy

""Lohrmann's argument--equal parts constructive thought experiment and exercise in theological and political imagination--will be redemptively jarring to those enamored or paralyzed by the toxic plutocratic autocracy taking control of the U.S. body politic. Through key queries and a principled strategy, this book interrogates the central contradiction of our republic: the fusion of power between wealth and legislative representation. Ptoxocracy is a radically dissonant vision rooted in the gospel--I share his hope that churches might experiment as demonstration projects of this way whose time has come again."" --Ched Myers, author of Healing Affluenza and Resisting Plutocracy: Luke's Jesus and Sabbath Economics ""Convicting, insightful, and compelling. Lohrmann calls us to radically re-center the poor in politics and ministry, with a concrete and constructive proposal for our systems of governance."" --Elsa Marty, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Religion, Hofstra University, New York ""Marcus Lohrmann's Ptoxocracy takes the theological tradition of the preferential option for the poor to a whole different level. In this new theory of representative democracy, the poor are not simply the subject of an option. Rather, they are in charge of the destiny of society as a whole. This book's refreshing and challenging insights are a must read for all interested in Christian ethics, political theory, and, truly, for anyone committed to building a more just society."" --Raúl E. Zegarra, Assistant Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School