Economics as Modern Religion

Joerg Rieger is Distinguished Professor of Theology and the Cal Turner Chancellor’s Chair of Wesleyan Studies. He is also the founding director of the Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice.

For more than two decades he has worked to bring together theology and the struggles for justice and liberation that mark our age. His work addresses the relation of theology and public life, reflecting on the misuse of power in religion, politics, and economics. His main interest is in developments and movements that bring about change and in the positive contributions of religion and theology. His constructive work in theology draws on a wide range of historical and contemporary traditions, with a concern for manifestations of the divine in the pressures of everyday life.

• Joerg Rieger: Jesus vs Caesar 

• Different Gods, Different Religions?

• Wild Goose Theology Happy Hour with Joerg Rieger and Emilie Townes

• The Economy, Election, Ayn Rand-Ryan-Romney, Occupy, & More

• Occupy the Church! Rita Nakashima Brock, Joerg Rieger, & Christophe Ringer

• Economics, Theology, and Discipleship

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