I recently checked out Brotherhood Economics by Toyohiko Kagawa from the Richmond Public Library(RPL). Kagawa, for those who don’t know(I didn’t a week or two ago), was a Japanese christian, pacifist and labour activist around WW2. He was apparently a pretty influential guy in Japan. His grand holistic vision was to see a real life combination of christianity, the peace movement and the cooperative movement as an alternative to both communism/socialism and capitalism. This book lays out that vision. It was published in English in 1936 and RPL actually has a first edition in good condition.
I’m only a couple chapters in but so far it’s pretty interesting. Some of his interpretations of sayings of Jesus are new to me. It seems like he tried very hard to have a quote from Jesus to fit each of his points. While I appreciate the thought, I think it makes it seem like he’s stretching things a little with his interpretations. But the overall thrust of the book has been good so far. I’ll post more about it when I finish if it continues to be good.
hey - i am trying to buy the book. let me know if you find a copy. we are starting a coop in scotland.