Thriving beyond Debt:The Lived Experience of Bankruptcy and Redemption

by: Zach Roche (Author)

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Publication Date: 27 Mar. 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 210 pages

ISBN-10: 1529231159

ISBN-13: 9781529231151

Book Description

Capitalism only celebrates success, and it can be difficult to know what to do when confronted with failure. This book explores what happens when people go broke and what the experience of bankruptcy and insolvency is like from a qualitative perspective. It shows, contrary to the expectations of policy makers, that debt relief is not transactional. Rather, it is moral, theological, social and cultural. The book demonstrates that debt encompasses faiess, trust, faith, sin, guilt, revelation and confession and that taking these factors seriously is vital to successfully navigating the world of the over-indebted.
About the Author Zach Roche is Assistant Lecturer in Management Studies at the South East Technological University in Ireland.