No rising tide : theology, economics, and the future /

Rieger, Joerg,

No rising tide : theology, economics, and the future / Joerg Rieger. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2009. - xi, 191 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Free enterprise--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BR115.E3 / R54 2009

261.8/5