Episode 24: "Capitalism"
Eric Minton is a licensed psychotherapist, a writer, and a former Baptist pastor. He shares a psychotherapy practice with his wife where they offer individual, couple, and family therapy. In this episode of Pastor Life, Rev. Minton confronts capitalism and its stronghold over the church, encouraging pastors to think deeply about the economic system in which we live and breathe.
Eric references a phrase by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner: Eyes Remade for Wonder
It’s Not You, It’s Everything is Eric’s new book
Eric mentions a book by Gustavo Gutierrez: On Job: God-Talk and the Suffering of the Innocent
The “Nap Bishop” is Tricia Hersey
Eric references a quote by Ursula K. Le Guin: “We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable – but then, so did the divine right of kings.” The quote is from a speech she delivered upon receiving The National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
Eric mentions Jubilee Baptist Church and Pulaski Baptist Church as examples of a churches with “Jubilee” funds. Here’s a story about the formation of the program from Pulaski Baptist Church.