A Christian and an Atheist Walk into a Bar

Debt and the Biblical Jubilee

August 22, 2021 Neil Newton and Philip Thompson Season 1 Episode 2
A Christian and an Atheist Walk into a Bar
Debt and the Biblical Jubilee
Show Notes Chapter Markers

In this episode, Neil and Phil talk about the Levitical Jubilee (Leviticus 25), how the concept of Jubilee gets transformed in both Old and New Testaments, and the implications of Jubilee principles on how we think about ecology, debt, justice and more. Along the way they discuss ideas about debt and society by David Graeber, Louis Althusser, and more.

In "Should I really care about this?" Neil and Phil  unpack the Pittsburgh Left and the its LA counterpart. What is the Pittsburgh Left you may ask? Listen in and find out!

Beers appearing in this episode:

Hitchhiker Brewing Opposite Bane IPA

Karl Strauss Brewing Red Trolley Ale

What we're drinking today
What is the Jubilee
How does the idea of Jubilee develop?
Debt, sin, and forgivness
David Graeber's history of debt
Debt in the modern world
Louis Althusser and debt as identity
Debtor and creditor nations
Thinking in terms of Jubilee
Should I really care about this? The Pittsburgh Left