USA Africa Dialogue Series - Whose Face is on the Coin? The Split Economy and Political Theology

 

Whose Face is on the Coin?  The Split Economy and Political Theology

 

By Nimi Wariboko

 

This essay addresses the question before us by wedding a theory of the economy's fundamental antagonism to the notion of immunitas, or immunity. With this combination of economic theology and political theology, I am able to argue that coin—and for that matter the Caesar's coin that Jesus examined—represents a twofold immunization that fights against communal flourishing. The coin (state-issued currency) is a symptom of an economico-body politic autoimmune disease. Roberto Esposito has clearly explained the notion of immunitas in political philosophy in his oeuvre. The theory of the economy and its fundamental obstacle is spelled out in my book: The Split Economy: Saint Paul Goes to Wall Street.

 

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https://politicaltheology.com/whose-face-is-on-the-coin-the-split-economy-and-political-theology/

 

 

 

Nimi Wariboko, Ph.D

Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics

Boston University

745 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 420

Boston, MA 02215, United States

Tel: 617-353-0814

nimiwari@bu.edu-