Ackermann, Josef, 124
advertising, 94, 96–99, 104, 109
Allen, Theodore W., 169
American Dream, 32, 43, 51, 62
Amos, 161
Anderson, Sarah, 165
Anselm of Canterbury, 144, 172
Assmann, Hugo, 5, 10, 20–21, 68, 81, 87, 108, 133, 164–65, 167, 174, 176–77, 180, 183
Baker, Dean, 164
Bales, Kevin, 181
Barth, Karl, 130, 133, 159, 174, 182–3
Belfrage, Cedric, 180
Benjamin, Walter, 30, 78, 93, 148, 168, 176, 178
Bernanke, Ben, 22
Bethge, Eberhard, 182
Bhabha, Homi, 180
Bloch, Ernst, 177
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 130, 182
Brennan, David, 169
Brenner, Robert, 51–52, 163, 172, 177
Briner, Bob, 176
Bromwich, David, 174
bubble. See economic bubble
Buffet, Warren, 22, 46–47, 119
Bush administration, George W., 2, 21, 52, 62, 71–74, 84, 100, 135, 147, 172
Bush, George H. W., 75
Bush, Jeb, 46
business, small. See small-business ownership
capitalism, 11–12, 22, 55, 78, 104, 109, 113, 118, 127, 133, 154
Cavanaugh, William T., 179
CEOs, 9, 21, 25, 29, 39, 41, 44, 46–47, 72, 79, 92, 112, 124, 131–32, 137, 164, 173
Chesterton, G. K., 9
middle, vii, 2, 23, 26, 30, 35–39, 51, 58, 113–14, 116, 130, 148–49, 154, 158, 169, 179
ruling, 35–36
struggle, 51–52
upper, 32–33, 37, 40, 64, 109–110, 116–17, 167
Clinton administration, 73–74
Colamosca, Anne, 39, 164, 167–8, 170, 175
Colbert, Stephen, viii
collective bargaining, 36, 44, 105, 169
communitarianism, 50, 101, 137
commodity fetishism, 89
consumerism, 94–95, 98, 105, 107–9
Craig, Robert, 172
Davis, Lance E., 167
democracy, 17, 44, 56, 73, 92, 104–5, 125, 140, 143, 147, 179
deregulation, economic, viii, 7, 9, 72, 75
desire, 89–98, 101–3, 105, 107–17, 121, 177
production of, 96, 101–3, 105, 107–8, 112–14
resisting, 107, 112–13, 115–16
Deutschmann, Christopher, 127, 168, 176, 182
Docampo, Isabel, 172
Dow, Sheila, 70, 167, 174, 176
downturn. See economic downturn.
Duchrow, Ulrich, 123, 142, 156, 165, 176, 178, 182, 184, 186
economic bubble, 23–24, 39, 62, 75, 78, 131, 134, 150, 163
economics
Austrian School, 91
Chicago School, 12–14, 68, 166, 174, 181, 186
Historical School, 82
Keynesian, 14, 20, 68, 72, 158, 186
neoclassical, 12–15, 20, 56, 85, 90–91, 134, 156, 165
neoliberal, 5, 12, 15, 20, 104, 124–26, 165
Ehrenreich, Barbara, 37, 58, 169–70, 172–73
equilibrium, 13–16, 27, 82–83, 85
Ferber, Marianne, 177
Feuerbach, Ludwig, 182
Frank, Robert, 102–5, 170–71, 179
Frank, Thomas, 57, 73, 143, 147, 167, 172, 175–76, 184–85
freedom, 12, 16, 36, 49, 68, 97–98, 100, 102, 104–5, 113, 140–41, 144, 146–48. See also liberty
Friedman, Milton, 12–15, 20, 120, 141–34, 146–47, 156, 166–67, 181, 184
Friedman, Thomas, 2, 72–73, 164, 174, 175, 179
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 5, 17, 86–87, 94–97, 108, 165, 167, 169, 177–78
gap between rich and poor. See inequality, economic
Geithner, Timothy, 74, 76–77, 175
Gilder, George, 174
Gindin, Sam, 167
Gini index, 40–41
globalization, 1, 2, 72, 101, 124–25, 136–37, 149, 167
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 174
Good, Jack, 169
Goodchild, Philip, 179
Gospel of Prosperity, 18–19, 37, 57, 61, 63–64, 79, 100
Grassley, Charles, 74–75
Greene, Joe, 173
Greenspan, Alan, viii, 7, 22, 74–75, 87
Grotius, Hugo, 143
Gutman, Herbert G., 172
Hannah, 185
Hardt, Michael, 114, 120, 134, 150, 180, 183, 185
Harrison, Beverly, 11, 15, 38, 56, 84, 165, 167, 170, 172, 176
Hartmann, Michael, 167
Harvey, David, 183
Hay, Donald, 165
Hayek, Friedrich von, 13, 15, 70, 90–91, 104, 134–35, 143, 166–67, 177, 183–84
Herzog, Frederick, 179
Hinkelammert, Franz J., 5, 10, 20–21, 68, 81, 87, 108, 133, 142, 156, 164–65, 167, 173–74, 176–77, 180, 182–84, 186
Hirschman, Albert O., 120, 181
Hodgson, Geoffrey M., 177
hope, 7–8, 60–63, 69, 83, 148–50
Horsley, Richard, 109, 180, 185
Huttenback, Robert A., 167
individualism, 19–21, 50–51, 82–83, 118, 137–38, 141, 162
invisible hand of the market, 12, 65–68, 72, 82, 86, 159, 173
inequality, economic, 3, 5, 30, 40–43, 45, 85, 103, 118, 125, 170, 179–80
Islam, 183
Jameson, Fredric, 164
Jefferson, Thomas, 120, 140, 184
Jesus Christ, ix, x, 6, 31, 53, 70, 79–80, 90, 109–10, 115–16, 118–19, 126, 128–29, 131, 133, 139, 144, 148–52, 155, 160–61, 169, 176, 179
Joe the Plumber, 32
Jolly, Richard, 170
Jones, Jr., Arthur F., 170
Jones, Laurie Beth, 176
Joseph, the father of Jesus, 169
Kaysen, Carl, 87
Keen, Steve, 3, 14, 27, 164, 166, 168, 174
Kennedy, John F., 1
Kerber, Walter, 183
Keynes, John Maynard, 13, 21, 71, 156, 167, 186
King, Jr., Martin Luther, 34, 180
Klay, Robin Kendrick, 147, 172, 178, 185
Koch, K., 183
labor, 1, 30–31, 35, 45, 58, 62, 67–68, 97, 109, 113, 115, 120, 125, 134, 137, 150, 152, 154, 161, 177
Lacan, Jacques, 112–14, 150, 180, 185
Lamy, Pascal, 2
Las Casas, Bartolomé de, 22
Lebacqz, Karen, 183
liberation theologies, 52, 108, 120, 130, 173
liberty, 143–48 See also freedom
Linkon, Sherry Lee, 169
Locke, John, 184
logic of downturn, vii, 37, 39, 48–50, 53, 55–56, 58, 60, 66, 70, 72, 77, 82–83, 92–94, 107, 114, 120, 130, 133, 154, 156, 168
Long, D. Stephen, 99–100, 168, 176, 178, 185
Loy, David, 185
Lührmann, Dieter, 183
Luterbacher-Maineri, Claudius, 173–74
Luther, Martin, 90, 92, 99, 177
Lutheran World Federation, 124
Mandeville, Bernard de, 167
Marcus, Bernie, 44
market fundamentalism, 14–15, 68, 174
Marquardt, Friedrich Wilhelm, 183
Marshall, Christopher D., 183
Marx, Karl, 51–52, 56–57, 86, 89, 112, 141, 172, 177, 181, 183–84, 186
Mary, the mother of Jesus, 152–53
materialism, 89, 93–94, 99, 101, 107
McCain, John, 32
means of production, 30, 32, 35–36, 38, 47, 55, 86, 119, 132, 146–47, 154, 169
Meeks, M. Douglas, 5, 7, 106, 164–65, 179, 183
Metz, Johann Baptist, 148, 185
middle-class. See class, middle
Míguez, Néstor, 174, 177, 179, 186
Milbank, John, 179
Munger, Charles, 46
Murdoch, Rupert, 87
Muzaffar, Chandra, 25, 165, 168
Negri, Antonio, 114, 120, 134, 150, 180, 183, 185
Nelson, Julie, 177
Nelson, Robert, 5–6, 11–12, 123, 127, 148, 163, 165, 181–82, 185
Niebuhr, H. Richard, 169
Nordhaus, William, 13, 83–85, 92, 166, 176–78, 184
Norquist, Grover, 53
Novak, Michael, 6, 98, 165, 178
Obama administration, 7, 8, 13, 15, 69, 71, 76, 135, 147, 158
Obama, Barack, 14, 74–76, 88, 157, 172
omnipotence, 80
ownership, 32, 35–36, 38, 47, 56, 76, 83, 86, 125, 133, 140–47, 154, 184. See also property, private
small-business. See small-business ownership
Parenti, Michael, 146, 170, 184
Paul, the Apostle, ix, 53–54, 69, 100, 138, 150, 160–62, 183, 185
Payne, Michael, 171–72
Pelosi, Nancy, 76
Perkins, John, 73, 102, 174, 179, 184
Pope Benedict XVI, 182
poverty, 3, 34, 40, 45–46, 108, 126, 128, 134, 163, 170, 180
power, 3, 17, 19, 22, 35, 47, 51, 78, 84, 86–87, 137, 171
bottom-up, 54, 131–33, 151–52, 157
differentials of, 3, 22, 26, 48, 156
relationships of, 34, 40, 42, 46, 49, 81–82, 141
top-down, 21–22, 128, 131–33, 151–52, 157, 159
production, 5, 13–14, 22, 38, 56, 62, 71, 74, 94–98, 102, 108–9, 111, 119, 157, 169, 180
property, private, 15, 47, 67, 124–25, 140–147, 150. See also ownership
providence, 67
Prychitko, David, 27, 168, 176, 186
racism, 82–83
Radical Orthodoxy, 176
realism, 112–113
Reagan, Ronald, 12, 71, 75, 146, 184
Rhodes, Cecil, 22
Ricardo, David, 112
Rieger, Joerg, 98, 163, 167–69, 172, 174–84, 186
Rifkin, Jeremy, 184
Rubin, Robert, 74
Russo, John, 169
Samuelson, Paul, 12, 84–86, 92, 166, 176–78, 181, 184
Schumpeter, Joseph, 31
Segbers, Franz, 182
self-interest, 20–21, 119, 123, 148, 161, 168, 173, 181–82
servant leadership, 80
shareholders, 38, 44, 46–47, 105, 170
Sherman, Howard, 95, 102, 176, 178–79
Simons, Henry, 166
small-business ownership, 17, 36, 43, 47, 60, 112, 136, 158, 169
Smith, Adam, 12, 20–22, 65–68, 84, 86, 122, 127–128, 135, 142, 145, 148, 161, 167, 173, 181
socialism, 11–12, 55–56, 76, 118–19, 172
Spörlein, Bernhard, 183
Sterns, Peter, 97, 107–8, 178–80
Stigler, George, 12
Summers, Lawrence, 74, 76–77, 175
Sung, Jung Mo, 5, 68, 87, 101–2, 160, 164, 174–75, 177, 179, 186
Tabb, William K., 164
Tanner, Kathryn, 164, 179, 184
tax cuts, vii, 2, 4, 7, 13, 53, 62, 71–72, 112, 157–58
Thatcher, Margaret, 12, 26, 71
Thomas Aquinas, 144
trickle-down economics, viii, 5, 16, 52, 69, 82, 131–32, 154, 158
Trinity, 145–46
Troy, Bill, 180–81
unconscious, 10
collective, 112
economic, 4
religious, 4
theological, 79
unions, 15, 17–18, 33, 38–39, 44, 51–52, 54–55, 57, 67, 86, 105, 119, 146, 151, 162, 169, 171–72
United Methodist Church, 79, 126–27, 171, 182
United States Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops, 126
urban ministry, 130
van Leeuwen, Arend Theodoor, 164
Vaughn, Karen I., 181
Vico, Giovanni Battista, 167
Waters, William R., 166
Warren, Rick, 87
Watkins, Kevin, 170–171
Weinberg, Daniel, 170
Weinfeld, Moshe, 183
Wesley, John, 128, 145, 182, 184
Westermann, Claus, 183
Williams, Claude, 109, 114, 180–81
Williams, John K., 172
Williamson, John, 166
Wolman, William, 39, 164, 167–68, 175
Wood, Ellen Meiksins, 167
Woolley, Frances, 85, 176, 181
World Alliance of Reformed Churches, 124–26, 177
Zacchaeus, 111
Zizek, Slavoj, 185