If only there was a podcast that asked and responded to questions such as, Has there always been a need for the many to sell their labor to the few? How is wage labor under capitalism exploited labor? What are the fundamental differences between employers and employees? How exactly do employer-capitalists violate the wellbeing and personhood of workers for the sake of private profit? Why should the capitalist division of labor at our places of work concern us as Christians? Oh wait...here's one!~ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital ~ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithAndCapital ~ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Email: faithandcapital@gmail.com ~ Music by Cotter KoopmanSupport the show

To start this series we're going to ask, What are first and greatest commandments? How do they shape our lives, our relationships, and the worlds in which we inhabit? What is the first and greatest commandment of capitalism? ~ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital ~ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithAndCapital ~ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Email: faithandcapital@gmail.com ~ Music by Cotter KoopmanSupport the show

This episode discusses the lack of attention given to capitalism, class, and material conditions in Christian conversations concerning the emergence of white, working-class, male mass shootings in the US. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital ~ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithAndCapital ~ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Email: faithandcapital@gmail.com ~ Music by Cotter KoopmanSupport the show

How has capitalism contributed to the production of the conditions in which these recurring mass shootings have emerged? Here are three ways capitalism is complicit. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital ~ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithAndCapital ~ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Email: faithandcapital@gmail.com ~ Music by Cotter KoopmanSupport the show

In this episode we ask and respond to questions such as, What is reproductive work? How has capitalism shaped our understanding of and relation to the labor of social reproduction? Why is reproductive work regulated, devalued, and disguised? And more! ~ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital ~ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithAndCapital ~ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Email: faithandcapital@gmail.com ~ Music by Cotter KoopmanSupport the show

In this episode we read through the book of Ruth and ask how this story might help us think about capitalism’s tendency to regulate, devalue, and hide reproductive work and the people who disproportionately perform this labor. ~ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital ~ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithAndCapital ~ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Email: faithandcapital@gmail.com ~ Music by Cotter KoopmanSupport the show

In our final episode of the Blind Faith series, we question the proclamation that there are no alternatives to capitalism. First, we look at how this claim could be seen as a claim of absolute, top-down power. Next, we look at how the crucifixion of Jesus could be seen as an attempt to squelch the hope of alternatives. We consider the way of the cross as an alternative Good News to the status quo Good News of Caesar. And finally, we ground the way of the cross in solidarity. ~ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital ~ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithAndCapital ~ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Email: faithandcapital@gmail.com ~ Music by Cotter KoopmanSupport the show

"The problem is greed." We've all heard it, but might there be more to "the problem" than individual greed? This episode reflects on the nuance of the belief that "the problem" is greed. Then we suggest an alternative analysis that locates "the problem" elsewhere. Finally, we finish with some of the implications this alternative analysis might leave us to wrestle with as persons of faith.~ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital ~ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithAndCapital ~ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Email: faithandcapital@gmail.comSupport the show

We know, we know...we would be so unfree if it weren't for capitalism! Or...would we? In this episode, we'll reflect on the Colossians 3 "Peace of Christ." Next, we'll think about the common way of understanding freedom under capitalism. Then, we offer an alternative way of thinking about freedom under capitalism. And, finally, we talk alternative freedoms and unfreedoms that we might want to consider.~ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital ~ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithAndCapital ~ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Email: faithandcapital@gmail.comSupport the show

In this episode, we ask whether or not employees are paid for all their work and where employer profits come from. Then, we talk about what Isaiah 58 might mean for economies of exploitation and oppression. ~ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/faithandcapital ~ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithAndCapital ~ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithandcapital/ ~ Email: faithandcapital@gmail.comSupport the show