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This article explores the complex relationship between financial derivatives and theological concepts, arguing that derivatives embody a "repressed future" shaped by anxieties about time, risk, and uncertainty. Maurer draws on anthropological theories of gift exchange and sacrifice to analyze how derivatives function as a form of secularized ritual, enabling market participants to manage the inherent instabilities of capitalist finance. He examines the language and practices surrounding derivatives trading, highlighting the ways in which they evoke theological notions of promise, obligation, and redemption. The article suggests that the seemingly rational world of finance is underpinned by a deeper, often unconscious, engagement with theological ideas about the future.

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