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Money facilitates the rites and rituals we perform in everyday life. More than a mere medium of exchange or a measure of value, it is the primary means by which we manifest a faith unique to our secular age.
But what happens when individual belief (credo, ‘I’ believe) and the systems into which it is bound (credit, ‘it’ believes) enter into crisis? Where did the sacredness of money come from, and does it have a future? Why do we talk about debt and repayment in overtly moral terms? How should a theological critique of capitalism proceed today?
With the effects of the 2008 economic crises continuing to be felt across the world, this volume brings together some of the most important contemporary voices in philosophy, literature, theology, and critical and cultural theory together in one volume to assert the need to interrogate and broaden the terms of the theological critique of capitalism.
Published | Aug 28 2017 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 374 |
ISBN | 9781783483808 |
Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Illustrations | 12 b/w photos; |
Dimensions | 238 x 160 mm |
Series | Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Credo Credit Crisis provides a timely reminder that concepts such as debt, credit, interest, speculation and money are never just strictly economic phenomenon but abound in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties. This brilliant volume shows how the dimension of religion is indispensable to understand as well to overcome our current economic crisis.
Ole Bjerg, Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School
Credo Credit Crisis is an important intervention in the wake of the 2008 global recession. We desperately need a better understanding of the deep connections between money and faith, or religion and political economy. The editors have assembled an excellent group of contributors to tackle this urgent topic — highly recommended!
Clayton Crockett, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, University of Central Arkansas, USA
Mining this rich semantic seam, these essays offer profound insights into the fiduciary logics that drive - and sometimes disrupt - the movements of money and markets. The authors bring the humanities’ best traditions of speculative thought into contact with speculative times past, present, and future, reimagining political economy through bold experiments in politico-economic theology.
Paul Crosthwaite, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh
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