TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rieger,Joerg
TI  - No rising tide: theology, economics, and the future 
SN  - 9780800664596 (alk. paper)
AV  - BR115.E3 R54 2009
U1  - 261.8/5 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - Fortress Press
KW  - Economics
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Free enterprise
N1  - 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
ER  -