Assembling Futures

Jennifer Quigley (Edited By) Jennifer Quigley is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Her research lies at the intersections of theology and economics in New Testament and early Christian texts. She has interests in archaeology and material culture, and her research and teaching are influenced by feminist and materialist approaches to the study of religion. She is the author of Divine Accounting: TheoEconomics in Early Christianity.Catherine Keller (Edited By) Catherine Keller is the George T. Cobb Professor of Constructive Theology in the Theological School and Graduate Division of Religion of Drew University. She practices theology as a relation between ancient hints of ultimacy and current matters of urgency. She is the author of numerous books, including most recently Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy, and Other Last Chances.

• IntroductionJennifer Quigley and Catherine Keller 1 Our Place on Earth: Territory, Property, and the Sources of Human EntitlementPaulina Ochoa Espejo 7Democratic Socialism in the USA: History, Politics, Religion, and TheoryGary Dorrien 26Regifting the Divine Economy: Transitioning Petroleum-Based Energy RegimesMarion Grau 46The Immanence and Transcendence of Christianity, Capitalism, andEconomic Democracy: Alternatives to Ecological DevastationJoerg Rieger 64Sacred Obligations: On the Theopolitics of Debt and SovereigntyDevin Singh 83 Curating Futures: The Curatorial as a Theological ConceptDaniel A. Siedell 106The Costs of Citizenship: Politeuma in the Letter to the PhilippiansJennifer Quigley 127Ambiguous, Amorous, Agonistic, Not Able:An Alternative to Adamant, Apathetic, Antagonistic, Able SocietyEunchul Jung 142 What Does Evolutionary Biology Tell Us about Relationality as a Basis for Economics and Politics?Marcia Pally 162In Whose Interest? Matthew 25:14–30 as a Theo-Economic Parable Hard at WorkHilary McKane 183 Creeps of the Apocalypse: Climate, Capital, DemocracyCatherine Keller 201 List of Contributors 219 Index 223