Money as God? : the monetization of the market and its impact on religion, politics, law, and ethics / edited by Jurgen von Hagen and Michael Welker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hagen, Jürgen von, editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Money--Philosophy.

Money.

Money--Social aspects.

Money--Moral and ethical aspects.

Money--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 455 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The nature of money and its impact on society has long interested scholars of economics, history, philosophy, law, and theology alike, and the recent financial crisis has moved these issues to the forefront of current public debate. In this study, authors from a range of backgrounds provide a unified examination of the nature and the purpose of money. Chapters cover the economic and social foundations of money; the historical origins of money in ancient Greece, China, the ancient Middle East, and medieval Europe; problems of justice connected to the use of money in legal systems and legal settlements, with examples both from ancient history and today; and theological aspects of monetary and market exchange. This stimulating interdisciplinary book, with its nontechnical and lively discussion, will appeal to a global readership working in the interfaces of economics, law and religion.

Contents:

Microfoundations of the uses of money / Jürgen von Hagen

Money and its role in a decentralized market economy / Peter Bernholz

Mensura et mensuratum : money as measure and measure for money / Wolfgang Ernst

Standardization and monetization : legal perspectives / Burkhard Hess

Kohelet and the co-evolution of a monetary economy and religion / Michael Welker

Money and image : the presence of the state on the routes of economy / Tonio Hölscher

The social world of Ecclesiastes / Choon-Leong Seow

The development of monetary systems in Palestine during the Achaemenid and Hellenistic eras / Ulrich Hübner

Fate's gift economy : the Chinese case of coping with the asymmetry between man and fate / Rudolf G. Wagner

"Mothers and children" : discourses on paper money during the Song period / Hans-Ulrich Vogel

"Buying heaven" : the prospects of commercialized salvation in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries / Berndt Hamm

The monetization and demonetization of the human body : the case of compensatory payments for bodily injuries and homicide in ancient Near Eastern and ancient Israelite law books / Konrad Schmid

What price do we place on life? Ethical observations on the limits of law and money in a case of transitional justice / Günter Thomas

Standardized monetization of the market and the argument for preferential justice / Piet Naudé

Religious faith and the market economy : a survey on faith and trust of Catholic entrepreneurs in China / Gao Shining and Yang Fenggang

"Do not sell your soul for money" : economy and eschatology in biblical and intertestamental traditions / Andreas Schüle

"Businessmen and merchants will not enter the places of my Father" : early Christianity and market mentality / Edmondo F. Lupieri

Desire in consumer culture : theological perspectives from Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine of Hippo / John F. Hoffmeyer

Money as God? Conclusions / Michael Welker and Jürgen von Hagen.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-139-90512-0

1-139-89922-8

1-139-90315-2

1-107-33769-0

1-139-90704-2

1-139-91875-3

1-139-91090-6

1-139-92264-5