Political Theology

Economic Theology And The Indebtedness Of Everyday Life (Philip Goodchild And Devin Singh)

The following is the transcript of “Critical Conversations” No. 9, an ongoing series of Zoom seminars conducted by Whitestone Publications with distinguished international academics. This seminar on economics, theology, debt, and the religious origins of the modern economy was held on May 18, 2021. While the ancient world offered various forms of large-scales debt forgiveness, […]

Announcements Critical Theory

Critical Conversations 9 – Economic Theology And The Indebtedness Of Everyday Life (Announcement)

Participants are invited to join us live in the ninth of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around the globe. You may sign up through the registration link below. All Critical Conversations will be recorded and republished along with edited transcripts.  A related critical conversation on Neoliberalism and Political Theology […]

Religion and Economics

Theodicy of Money – The Scene and Subject of Forgiveness (Timothy Snediker)

Today the question of debt forgiveness has become an eminently practical, not to mention political, question.  From sovereign debt crises in Greece, Spain, Puerto Rico and elsewhere, to ballooning student debt bubbles, to the aftermath of the mortgage crisis, it seems like everyone is talking about forgiveness. That forgiveness in itself is a good goes […]