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Capitalism has a long and ugly history of scapegoating and exploiting immigrants. From British capitalists exploiting Irish people to the United States’ deeply systemic and oppressive tactics, immigrants have, for a long time, been useful game pieces for greedy trans-national capitalists. Today we …

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This is part 7 of the Enchantments of Mammon series. Capitalism needs a permanent source of unpaid labor. Childbearing, child raising, cooking, cleaning, caregiving, emotional support. The invisible work that keeps society functioning. So patriarchy created an ideology and way to frame femininity t…
Marx’s analysis does not specifically take into account the history of the exploitation of women and non-white people. We will be digging into some of the ways that racism, sexism, and xenophobia play into the perpetuation of capitalism. Today we look at racism as we venture into the Haiti Revoluti…
Spiritual maturity and financial security are often married within the church business model. How do we identify patterns of abuse and work toward a more sustainable future? Let's get into it in today's episode of part 5 of the Enchantments of Mammon series: The Prosperity Gospel of Capitalism.
What does it mean to imagine a world built upon love and community in place of hierarchy and power? How does our current system run off the back of religious exploitation? And how have our religious forefathers shaped how Christians view the world? We dig into these questions and more in today's ep…
Once upon a time, the world was enchanted. But as science, technology, and capitalism come to embrace the entire globe, the enchanted specters of other peoples will be duly banished or sequestered as well. Let's go back to when this all started. Enchantments of Mammon: Episode 3.
As we continue into part 2 of our Enchantments of Mammon series, we dig further into Jesus' parables as well as venture into Marxian philosophy. Continue along with us as we ask how capitalism exploits us and what a better path forward looks like.
If you've ever read the Bible you would quickly realize that there are plenty of stories in which systems are portrayed with the “have’s” and “have nots,” where some have autonomy while others don’t, and where laborers are exploited and stolen from due to a narcissistic greed to accumulate more at …
When you think of Jesus' parable of the talents in Matthew 25, what comes to mind? A story about multiplying your God-given fruits, or perhaps punishing those who are lazy? What about passive protest by not engaging in an exploitative system? I sit down with Jerry Butler and Andrew Bridgeman to dis…
What happens when poverty, desperation, and fundamentalist religion become deeply intertwined? How do entire communities get shaped by fear, shame, and the promise that faithfulness will eventually be rewarded? Today we sit down with Josiah Hesse to discuss his deeply personal book, On Fire For God…
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