Name/Title
No rising tide :theology, economics, and the future /Joerg Rieger.Description
No rising tide : religion, economics, and empire. No rising tide -- Religion and economics -- Economics with the soul of a church -- Market fundamentalism -- Religion, economics, and empire -- Dead ends and alternatives -- The logic of downturn : class matters in religion and economics. Downturn as the rule -- Class matters in economics and religion -- Growing inequality : some numbers -- Religion, economics, and class -- The logic of downturn and the future of religion -- God and the free-market economy. What gives us hope -- Invisible hands -- Transcendence of the market -- Contemporary consequences -- "Idealism" -- What is ultimate? Who is God? -- Consuming desire vs. resisting desire. That to which your heart clings -- Is consumerism really the problem? -- The produced nature of desire -- Religion, labor, and resisting desire -- To each according to their need -- Rethinking God and the world. Implicit and explicit theology : beyond ethics -- Religion and economics, upside down -- Justice in economics and religion -- Religion, freedom, and private property -- Gaining new hope -- Conclusion: The turning of the tide : theology, religion, and economics.
xi, 191 p. ;23 cm.Book Details
Author
Rieger, Joerg.Date Published
circa 2009Publication Subjects
Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Free enterprise--Religious aspects--Christianity.Call No.
BR115 .E3 R54 2009ISBN
9780800664596 (alk. paper), 0800664590 (alk. paper)LCCN
2009032847Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.