title: Responsive Labor: A Theology of Work
author: David H. Jensen
description: <b>David H. Jensen</b> is Professor of Constructive Theology at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, Texas. He is the author or editor of several books including <i>Responsive Labor: A Theology of Work</i> and <i>The Lord and Giver of Life: Perspectives on Constructive Pneumatology</i>.
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  THE WORKERS AND THE SPHINX  
    
  
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  # THE WORKERS AND THE SPHINX
  
  
  ### Michael Bakunin
  
  
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  1\. The Council of Action claims for each the full product of his labour:
  
  
  meaning by that his complete and equal right to enjoy, in common with
  
  
  his fellow-workers, the full amenities of life and happiness that the
  
  
  collective labour of the People creates. The Council declares that it is
  
  
  wrong for those who produce nothing at all to be able to maintain their
  
  
  insolent riches, since they do so only by the work of others. Like the
  
  
  Apostle Paul,the Council maintains that,if any would not work, neither
  
  
  should he eat."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Council of Action avers that the right to the noble name of labour
  
  
  belongs exclusively to productive labor. Some years ago, the young
  
  
  King of Portugal paid a visit to his august