English summary: Ever since biblical contrasts were made between God and mammon, the comparison of God and money has been a classical topos that has left numerous marks in theology and culture - from Luther's Large Catechism to Goethe's Faust and Benjamin's fragment Capitalism as Religion right up to the parallels currently being drawn between the creativity of bankers and the creative powers of God. The comparison mostly serves to highlight the opposition. Yet this opposition would only be possible if there were ...
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English summary: Ever since biblical contrasts were made between God and mammon, the comparison of God and money has been a classical topos that has left numerous marks in theology and culture - from Luther's Large Catechism to Goethe's Faust and Benjamin's fragment Capitalism as Religion right up to the parallels currently being drawn between the creativity of bankers and the creative powers of God. The comparison mostly serves to highlight the opposition. Yet this opposition would only be possible if there were similarities as well. God and money are concepts which have real effects on the world. They are omnipresent and ever-present, can change into everything, and they hold the world together in its inmost folds through universal exchange. They motivate human action and shape our thinking. Jorg Dierken's categorial analyses of God and money investigate the conflicting similarity that lets each appear more clearly against the backdrop of the other. German description: Seit der biblischen Kontrastierung von Gott und Mammon ist der Vergleich von Gott und Geld ein klassischer Topos mit mannigfachen Spuren in Theologie und Kultur - von Luthers Grossem Katechismus uber Goethes Faust und Benjamins Kapitalismus-Fragment bis hin zu aktuellen Parallelisierungen der Kreativitat von Bankern mit der Schopferkraft Gottes. Zumeist wird in diesem Vergleich der Gegensatz betont. Moglich ist er aber nur, wenn es auch Ahnlichkeiten gibt. So sind Gott und Geld Zeichen oder Begriffe, die eine reale Wirkung in der Welt hervorrufen. Sie sind omniprasent und allgegenwartig, konnen sich in alles verwandeln und halten die Welt durch universalen Austausch im Innersten zusammen. Sie motivieren menschliches Handeln und formen unser Denken. Jorg Dierken erkundet diese Ahnlichkeit im Widerstreit mithilfe kategorialer Analysen von Gott und Geld, die beide im Lichte des jeweils anderen scharfer konturieren.
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