Economics as religion : from Samuelson to Chicago and beyond / Robert H. Nelson ; foreword by Max Stackhouse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1944- author.

Contributor:

Stackhouse, Max L., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Philosophy.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Robert Nelson’s Reaching for Heaven on Earth, Economics as Religion, and The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion Versus Environmental Religion in Contemporary America read almost like a trilogy, exploring and charting the boundaries of theology and economics from the Western foundations of ancient Greece through the traditions that Nelson identifies as “Protestant” and “Roman,” and on into modern economic forms such as Marxism and capitalism, as well as environmentalism. Nelson argues that economics can be a genuine form of religion and that it should inform our understanding of the religious developments of our times. This edition of Economics as Religion situates the influence of his work in the scholarly economic and theological conversations of today and reflects on the state of the economics profession and the potential implications for theology, economics, and other social sciences.

Contents:

""COVER Front""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword (Max L. Stackhouse)""; ""Preface""; ""Notes to Preface""; ""Introduction: The Market Paradox""; ""Notes to Introduction""; ""PART I: The Laws of Economics as the New Word of God""; ""Chapter 1: Tenets of Economic Faith""; ""Notes to Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2: A Secular Great Awakening""; ""Notes to Chapter 2""; ""PART II: Theological Messages of Samuelson's Economics""; ""Notes to Part II""; ""Chapter 3: The Market Mechanism as a Religious Statement""; ""Notes to Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4: Apostle of Scientific Management""

""Notes to Chapter 4""""PART III: The Gods of Chicago""; ""Notes to Part III""; ""Chapter 5: Frank Knight and Original Sin""; ""Notes to Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6: Knight Versus Friedman Versus Stigler""; ""Notes to Chapter 6""; ""Chapter 7: Chicago Versus the Ten Commandments""; ""Notes to Chapter 7""; ""PART IV: Religion and the New Institutional Economics""; ""Notes to Part IV""; ""Chapter 8: A New Economic World""; ""Notes to Chapter 8""; ""Chapter 9: Efficient Religion""; ""Notes to Chapter 9""; ""PART V: Economics as Religion""; ""Notes to Part V""; ""Chapter 10: God Bless the Market""

""Notes to Chapter 10""""Chapter 11: A Crisis of Progress""; ""Notes to Chapter 11""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes to Conclusion""; ""Epilogue to the Revised Edition""; ""Notes to Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""COVER Back""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271072203

0271072202

9780271066196

0271066199

OCLC:

1253313299