Course Syllabus

Course Description

This course examines the nature of money from religious, sociological, and economic perspectives attempting to simultaneously problematize our common notions of money while also expanding its applicability to our various local contexts (churches, non-profits, community functions, etc). This is not a course on finance (as in how religious communities or non-profits raise, spend and manage money) but rather will explore the complexity of using money in a plurality of contexts.

All required weekly readings will be provided on Canvas, however students will be required to acquire one text from which they will make a class presentation during the Gathering Days on April 24^th (1-5P) and 25^th (8-12). During the first week of class I will explain this process and have students sign up for a chosen text, this will simultaneously provide you with an opportunity to consider which book best fits your interests, while also allowing me to moderate the number of students on each book. Please do not purchase a book until we discuss the options during the first week of the course.

Possible presentation texts include (we may not cover all of these, depending upon student interest):

• Goodchild, Theology of Money, (Duke University Press, 2009)
• Wariboko, God and Money, (Lexington Books, 2010)
• Witherington, Jesus and Money, (Brazos Press 2012)
• Lietaer & Dunne, Rethinking Money, (BK Publishers, 2013)
• Twist, The Soul of Money, (Norton, 2003)
• Eisenstein, Sacred Economics: Money, Gift and Society in an Age of Transition, (Evolver Books, 2011)

See Taylor Library's list of online book sellers for purchasing options.

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