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The coin in heaven is initially presented as a troubled metaphor for faith because a coin is irreducibly material.
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Materiality
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Jiang says the coin image should not be reduced to money or indulgences; the key paradox is that faith is immaterial while a coin is material and weighty.
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The host argues that money becomes materially real because social life, basic survival, and state coercion are organized through it.
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"What is the coin doing in heaven? What is its purpose, right? The coin is meant to be a metaphor for faith, but that..."
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"Okay, why is it paradoxical to say that faith is a coin? Why is it paradoxical?"
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"Okay, all right, why is, okay, let's go on this, okay? There's a paradox, right? Faith is a coin. Why is that a paradox?..."
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"Yeah. I, I guess if I could push back a little bit on the, on the example of money though, because of course we..."
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"So I, I guess, uh, I mean, what would your response be to that?"
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