On August 14, 2020 Joerg Rieger delivered the Ernest Crossley Hunter Memorial keynote lecture for the 2020 Christian left Conference.
Listen to the keynote speech now and learn more about the Christian Left Conference.
Read MoreTune in for the latest conversation between Dr. Rieger and Brandan Robertson from The Quest podcast. Listen as they chat about Christian social vision in the time of COVID-19.
Watch the interview now and be sure to follow The Quest online for more great conversations.
Read MoreThe Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice at Vanderbilt University will be hosting an on-going web series focused on thinking economics, ecology, and religion together. Join the conversation with Joerg Rieger and scholars and activists from around the world!
This webinar series will be investigating matters from various perspectives and is interested not only in fresh analyses but also in fresh solutions: what agency and what solidarity emerges between exploited people, ecologies, and religion? As one prominent observer noted, labor is the father and nature the mother of wealth—let’s call it planetary flourishing—and perhaps religion can take on more productive functions as well.
Read MoreJoerg Rieger joins the team at Faith and Reason to talk about COVID-19 and the Logic of Downturn.
In this engaging conversation, Joerg discusses why oppressed people have been hit hardest with COVID-19 and why people of faith and theologians should care. Joerg’s theory of the logic of downturn in regard to the broken system in the United States asks, “What if we thought about God from this perspective from the bottom up, or the perspective of an essential worker? How are we going to get out of this?”
Check out Joerg’s podcast page or listen to the newest edition to the Faith and Reason podcast here.
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