John Hughes 
The End of Work [PDF ebook] 
Theological Critiques of Capitalism

Foreword.
Preface.
Introduction: Work in the Christian Tradition.
1. Twentieth-century Theologies of Work: Karl Barth,
Marie-Dominique Chenu, John Paul II and Miroslav Volf.
2. Utility as the Spirit of Capitalism: Max Weber’s
Diagnosis of Modern Work.
3. Labour, Excess and Utility in Karl Marx: The Problem of
Materialism and the Aesthetic.
4. John Ruskin and William Morris: An Alternative Tradition:
Labor and the Theo-aesthetic in English Romantic Critiques of
Capitalism.
5. The Frankfurt School: The Critique of Instrumental Reason and
Hints of Return to the Theo-aesthetic within Marxism.
6. The end of Work: Rest, Beauty and Liturgy: The Catholic
Metaphysical Critique of the Culture of Work and its Incorporation
into the English Romantic Tradition: Josef Pieper, Jacques
Maritain, Eric Gill and David Jones.
7. Concluding Remarks: Labor, Utility and Theology.
Bibliography.
Index

John Hughes is Curate of St David’s with St Michael’s Exeter and holds a Cambridge Ph D. He has published a number of articles in top journals such as Telos and Modern Theology.