Ched Myers is an American

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

specializing in biblical studies and political theology.

Career

Since the late 1970s, Myers has been involved in numerous issues including movement work for

racial justice Anti-racism encompasses a range of ideas and political actions which are meant to counter racial prejudice, systemic racism, and the oppression of specific racial groups. Anti-racism is usually structured around conscious efforts and deliberate ...

, economic equity,

indigenous sovereignty Indigenous rights are those rights that exist in recognition of the specific condition of the Indigenous peoples. This includes not only the most basic human rights of physical survival and integrity, but also the rights over their land (includ ...

anti-nuclear activism The anti-nuclear movement is a social movement that opposes various nuclear technologies. Some direct action groups, environmental movements, and professional organisations have identified themselves with the movement at the local, nationa ...

and ecological justice and restoration. He has traveled as an "old-school" itinerant teacher for over twenty years teaching in homes, churches, retreat centers and more. In 1988, Myers published ''Binding the Strong ManA Political Reading of Mark's Story of Jesus'', which was influential in the Radical Discipleship Movement, particularly within the

Catholic Worker Movement The Catholic Worker Movement is a collection of autonomous communities of Catholics and their associates founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in the United States in 1933. Its aim is to "live in accordance with the justice and charity of Jesus ...

. The book was one of the earliest commentaries to take an empire-critical view, a view that was marginal in the 1980s, but is now widely accepted within the academy. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, Myers devoted much of his teaching to what he calls

Sabbath economics Sabbath economics is an economic system championed by Christian theology, Christian theologian Ched Myers. The model is an application of the economic aspects of the Biblical Sabbath to modern socioeconomics. In the introduction of his book introdu ...

. He works alongside his wife, Elaine Enns, as part o
Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries
where the emphasis is on education for restorative justice, biblical literacy,

ecological discipleship Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...

and radical economic sharing.

Selected works

Single-author books

2008/1988 Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark’s Story of Jesus. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. 20th anniversary edition with new front matter. 1989 Catholic Press Association Book Award in scripture. Translated into Portuguese as O Evangelho de Sao Marcos, Grande Comentario Biblico series, São Paulo:Edicoes Paulinas, 1992.
2001 “…and distributed it to whoever had need.” The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics. Tell the Word, Washington, DC: Church of the Savior. 1996 Proclamation 6, Year B, Pentecost 1. Minneapolis: Augsburg/Fortress. 1994 Who Will Roll Away the Stone? Queries for First World Christians. Maryknoll: Orbis Books.

Co-authored books

2012 Our God Is Undocumented: Biblical Faith and Immigrant Justice. With Matthew Colwell. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. 2011 Liberating Biblical Study: Scholarship, Art and Action in Honor of the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice. With Laurel Dykstra. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. 2009 Ambassadors of Reconciliation, Vol. I: New Testament Reflections on Restorative Justice and Peacemaking. With Elaine Enns. Maryknoll: Orbis Books.
Ambassadors of Reconciliation, Vol. II: Diverse Christian Practices of Restorative Justice and Peacemaking. With Elaine Enns. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. 1996 “Say to This Mountain”: Mark’s Story of Discipleship. With Stuart Taylor, Cindy Moe-Lobeda, Joseph Nangle, OFM and Marie Dennis. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. 1991 The American Journey, 1492-1992: A Call to Conversion. With Stuart Taylor, Cindy Moe-Lobeda, and Marie Dennis. Erie, PA: Pax Christi Press. 1990 Resisting the Serpent: Palau’s Struggle for Self-Determination. With Robert Aldridge. Baltimore: Fortkamp Press.

External links

chedmyers.org
his official website *
bcm-net.org
official website of Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries {{DEFAULTSORT:Myers, Ched Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American writers 21st-century American writers Living people American theologians Christian radicals American Christians

Career

Selected works

Single-author books

Co-authored books

See also

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