Joerg Rieger

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with Pui-lan, K. (2012). Occupy Religion: Theology of the Multitude. Religion in the Modern World. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN   978-1-4422-1793-5. Chinese Translation (transl. by Jenny Wong Yan). Hong Kong: Chinese Christian Literature Council, 2015.
  • Traveling: Christian Explorations of Daily Living. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2011. Portuguese translation: Fé e viagens no mundo globalizado (transl. by José Raimundo Vidigal). São Paulo: Editora Paulus, 2014. Chinese Translation (transl. by Jane Ng). Hong Kong: Chinese Christian Literature Council, 2014. Korean Translation. Seoul: Poiema, an imprint of Gimm-Young Publishers, 2015.
  • Grace Under Pressure: Negotiating the Heart of the Methodist Tradition. Nashville: United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. 2011. ISBN   978-0-938162-77-3. Portuguese translation: Graça sob Pressão: Negociando o Coração das Tradições Metodistas (transl. by Felipe Maia). São Bernardo do Campo: Editeo, 2012. Spanish translation: Gracia bajo presión (transl. by Alejandro Alfaro-Santi). Buenos Aires: Ediciones La Aurora, 2016.
  • Globalization and Theology. Horizons in theology. Abingdon Press. 2010. ISBN   978-1-4267-0065-1. Italian translation: Globalizzazione e Teologia (transl. by Andrea Aguti). Preface by Rosino Gibellini. Brescia: Editrice Queriniana, 2015.
  • No Rising Tide: Theology, Economics, and the Future. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 2009. ISBN   978-1-4514-1112-6. Spanish Translation: La religion del Mercado: Una aproximación crítica a la acumulación y la probreza (transl. and ed. by Néstor Míguez). Buenos Aires: Ediciones La Aurora, 2016.
  • Beyond the Spirit of Empire: Theology and Politics in a New Key. Reclaiming Liberation Theology Series. Co-authored with Néstor Míguez and Jung Mo Sung. London: SCM Press, 2009. Portuguese translation: Para além do espírito do Império: Novas perspectivas em política e religião (transl. by Gilmar Saint’ Clair Ribeiro and Barbara T. Lambert). São Paulo: Paulinas, 2012. Spanish translation: Más allá del espiritu imperial: Nuevas perspectivas en política y religión (transl. by Nicolás Panotto and Néstor Míguez). Prologo de F. Hinkelammert. Buenos Aires: Ediciones La Aurora, 2016.
  • Christ & Empire: From Paul to Postcolonial Times. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 2007. ISBN   978-0-8006-2038-7. German translation: Christus und das Imperium: Von Paulus bis zum Postkolonialismus (transl. by Sabine Plonz). Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2009.Portuguese translation: Cristo e Império: de Paulo aos tempos pós-coloniais, Coleção Bíblia e Sociologia (transl. by Luiz Alexandre Solano Rossi). São Paulo: Editora Paulus, 2009.
  • God and the Excluded: Visions and Blind Spots in Contemporary Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 2001. ISBN   978-1-4514-1110-2.
  • Remember the Poor: The Challenge to Theology in the Twenty-First Century. Harrisburg: Trinity Press International. 1998. ISBN   978-1-56338-256-7. Portuguese translation: Lembrar-se dos Pobres: o desafio da teologia no século XXI (transl. by Thiago Gambi). São Paulo: Edições Loyola, 2009.
  • Books edited

    • Religious Experience and New Materialism: Movements Matter. Co-editor with Edward Waggoner. Radical Theologies Series. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
    • Religion, Theology, and Class: Fresh Engagements after Long Silence. New Approaches to Religion and Power. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. 2013. ISBN   978-1-137-33924-9.
    • Across Borders: Latin Perspectives in the Americas Reshaping Religion, Theology, and Life. Editor. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2013.
    • Empire and the Christian Tradition: New Readings of Classical Theologians. Co-editor, with Don Compier and Kwok Pui Lan. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007.
    • Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice. Associate Editor. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 2007.
    • Opting for the Margins: Postmodernity and Liberation in Christian Theology. American Academy of Religion, Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion Series. Editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
    • Methodist and Radical: Rejuvenating a Tradition. Co-editor with John Vincent. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 2003.
    • Theology from the Belly of the Whale: A Frederick Herzog Reader. Editor. Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 1999.
    • Liberating the Future: God, Mammon, and Theology. Editor. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998.

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    Notes

    1. See, e.g., Rieger 2010, p. 30.

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    References

    1. Owens, Ann Marie Deer (October 10, 2016). "New Faculty: Joerg Rieger Examines Theology in a Social Context". Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
    2. 1 2 Rieger, Joerg (2019). "Curriculum Vitae" (DOC). Joerg Rieger. Archived from the original on March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
    3. Rieger 1994.
    4. Rieger 2009, p. 56.
    5. Küster 2017, p. 317.
    6. Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities  linked authority file (LAF) .
    7. Rieger, Joerg (July 15, 2013). "Power, Economics, and Christian Faith from Below: An Interview with Joerg Rieger". The Other Journal. No. 22. Interviewed by McGee, Timothy. Seattle, Washington. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
    8. 1 2 "Rieger, Joerg". worldcat.org. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
    9. 1 2 Brueggemann, Walter (2013). "Review of Occupy Religion, by Joerg Rieger and Kwok Pui-lan" . The Christian Century. Vol. 130, no. 6. Chicago. ISSN   0009-5281 . Retrieved March 8, 2019.
    10. Wyman 2017, pp. 140, 143, 146.
    11. Bray 2016, p. 112; Rieger 2015, p. 4; Wyman 2017, p. 142.
    12. Wafawanaka 2015, pp. 164–168.
    13. Rieger 2004; Wyman 2017, pp. 143f.
    14. Wyman 2017, pp. 142f.
    15. Vickers 2013, note 31; Wyman 2017, pp. 142f.
    16. Rieger & Kwok 2012, p. 76; Wafawanaka 2015, p. 166.
    17. Rieger 2013, p. xii.
    18. "Open Door Discussion: Dr. Joerg Rieger". Dallas: NorthPark Presbyterian Church. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
    19. Rieger, Joerg (2017). "What Does Jesus Have to Do with Wall Street?". Worcester, Massachusetts: College of the Holy Cross. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
    20. Bray 2015, pp. 391f.
    21. Wyman 2017, p. 144.
    22. Rieger 2009; Wyman 2017, p. 143.
    23. Wafawanaka 2015, p. 165.
    24. Johnson-DeBaufre, Keller & Ortega-Aponte 2015, p. 4; Rieger 2009.
    25. Rieger 2009, p. 136; Wyman 2017, p. 143.
    26. Wyman 2017, pp. 140, 144.
    27. Bray 2016, p. 108; Rieger 2015, p. 158.
    28. Bray 2016, p. 112; Rieger 2015, p. 158.
    29. Bray 2016, p. 112; Rieger & Kwok 2012.

    Bibliography

    • Bray, Karen (2015). "The Common Good of the Flesh: An Indecent Invitation to William E. Connelly, Jeorg Rieger, and Political Theology". In Johnson-DeBaufre, Melanie; Keller, Catherine; Ortega-Aponte, Elias (eds.). Common Goods: Economy, Ecology, and Political Theology. New York: Fordham University Press. pp. 386–406. doi:10.2307/j.ctt17t74qs.22. ISBN   978-0-8232-6843-6.
    •  ———  (2016). "Becoming Feces: New Materialism and the Deep Solidarity in Feeling like Shit". In Rieger, Jeorg; Waggoner, Edward (eds.). Religious Experience and New Materialism: Movement Matters. Radical Theologies and Philosophies. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 105–134. doi:10.1007/978-1-137-56844-1_5. ISBN   978-1-137-56844-1.
    • Johnson-DeBaufre, Melanie; Keller, Catherine; Ortega-Aponte, Elias (2015). "Introduction: Plurisingular Common Good/s". In Johnson-DeBaufre, Melanie; Keller, Catherine; Ortega-Aponte, Elias (eds.). Common Goods: Economy, Ecology, and Political Theology. New York: Fordham University Press. pp. 1–24. doi:10.2307/j.ctt17t74qs.3. ISBN   978-0-8232-6843-6.
    • Küster, Volker (2017). "Review of Globalization, Gender and Peacebuilding: The Future of Interfaith Dialogue, by Kwok Pui-Lan, and Occupy Religion: Theology of the Multitude, by Joerg Rieger and Kwok Pui-Lan". Exchange. 46 (3): 317–319. doi:10.1163/1572543X-12341449. ISSN   1572-543X.
    • Rieger, Jeorg (1994). Approaches to the Real: Liberation Theology and Spirituality in Latin America and North America; A Comparison of the Works of Gustavo Gutierrez and Frederick Herzog (PhD thesis). Durham, North Carolina: Duke University. OCLC   31913291.
    •  ———  (2004). "Liberating God-Talk: Postcolonialism and the Challenge of the Margins". In Keller, Catherine; Nausner, Michael; Rivera, Mayra (eds.). Postcolonial Theologies: Divinity and Empire. St. Louis, Missouri: Chalice Press. pp. 204–220. ISBN   978-0-8272-3059-0.
    •  ———  (2009). No Rising Tide: Theology, Economics, and the Future. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press. ISBN   978-1-4514-1112-6.
    •  ———  (2010). Globalization and Theology. Horizons in Theology. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press. ISBN   978-1-4267-0065-1.
    •  ——— , ed. (2013). Religion, Theology, and Class: Fresh Engagements After Long Silence. New Approaches to Religion and Power. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137339249. ISBN   978-1-137-33924-9.
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    • Vickers, Jason E. (2013). "The Wesleys' Role in World Methodism". In Gibson, William; Forsaith, Peter; Wellings, Martin (eds.). The Ashgate Research Companion to World Methodism. Ashgate Methodist Studies Series. London: Ashgate Publishing. doi:10.4324/9781315613789. ISBN   978-1-4724-0514-2.
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    • Wyman, Jason A. (2017). Constructing Constructive Theology: An Introductory Sketch. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1pwt3qp. ISBN   978-1-5064-1861-2.

    Joerg Rieger
    Born (1963-08-03) August 3, 1963 (age 60)
    NationalityGerman and American
    SpouseRosemarie Henkel-Rieger [1]
    Ecclesiastical career
    ReligionChristianity (Methodist)
    Church United Methodist Church
    Ordained
    • 1995 (deacon)
    • 1997 (elder) [2]
    Academic background
    Alma mater
    Thesis Approaches to the Real [3]  (1994)