The Eucharist and Catholic Social Teaching, Part 8: God in Things and People: Commodity Fetishism and the Eucharist

Episode Topic: God in Things and People: Commodity Fetishism and the Eucharist 

One of the pathologies that produce poverty in the current economic system is the simultaneous deification of things and reification of people: we invest divinity in material things, while people are treated as instruments toward profit. William T. Cavanaugh explores the Eucharist as an antidote to this idolatry. The Eucharist provides a better, sacramental way of seeing God's presence in the material world, while simultaneously offering an identification of people, especially the poor, with God in Christ.

Featured Speakers:

• William T. Cavanaugh, Ph.D., Professor of Catholic Studies and Director of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology at DePaul University 
• Jenny Newsome Martin, Ph.D., Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled The Eucharist and Catholic Social Teaching. 

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