1: Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism: An Introduction

First lecture of Professor Tanner's Gifford Lecture series. Monday 2 May 2016

Lecture abstract

This lecture will discuss the Weberian approach to the influence of Christian beliefs and practices on economic behaviour, and ties it to the sort of comparison of ‘spiritualities’ offered by the French philosopher Michel Foucault in his Collège de France lectures.  The lecture will explore the general characteristics of finance-dominated capitalism and its culture, and it will outline the basic shape of the larger argument of the series, concerning the potential for Christianity to counteract contemporary capitalist modes of control.

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