Divine economy : theology and the market / D. Stephen Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Long, D. Stephen, 1960-

Series:

Radical orthodoxy series.

Radical orthodoxy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Economics.

Christianity--Economic aspects.

Christianity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What has theology to do with economics? This first book to address the question directly will be welcomed by all those with an interest in exploring how theology can inform economic debate.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The dominant tradition: market values; Introduction to Part I; The Weberian strategy: theology's importance as value, ethos, or spirit; An anthropology of liberty constrained by original sin: theology as analogia libertatis; The subordination of Christology and ecclesiology to the doctrine of creation; Conclusion to Part I; The emergent tradition: the protest of the oikos and the polis; Introduction to Part II; Marxism as a theological strategy to relate theology to economics

The subordination of theology to metaphysics: eschatology, ecclesiology, and the reign of GodScarcity, orthodoxy, and heresy; Conclusion to Part II; The residual tradition: virtues and the true, the good, and the beautiful; Introduction to Part III; A true economic order; Theology and the good; The beauty of theology: uniting the true and the good, and subordinating the useful; Conclusion; Notes; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-316) and index.

ISBN:

0-87083-268-9

1-134-58887-9

1-134-58888-7

0-203-46544-X

1-280-33554-8

9780203465448

OCLC:

475877416