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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451583203321

Autore

Long D. Stephen <1960->

Titolo

Calculated futures [[electronic resource] ] : theology, ethics, and economics / / D. Stephen Long, Nancy Ruth Fox ; with Tripp York

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-280-96923-7

9786610969234

1-60258-081-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FoxNancy Ruth

YorkTripp

Disciplina

261.8/5

Soggetti

Economics - Religious aspects - Christianity

Christianity and politics

Ethics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The logic of the market : an investigation of first principles -- Prophets and profits : economics and theology in conflict? -- The facts about values -- What makes theology "political"? : come let us reason together -- The theology of economics : Adam Smith as "church" father -- The corporation and everyday economic life : a traditioned theological inquiry -- Corporations and the ends we serve -- Usury : avarice as a capital vice -- A Catholic Church and global market : the tale of two corporations -- Offering our gifts : the politics of remembrance.

Sommario/riassunto

Calculated Futures examines the ethical and theological underpinnings of the free-market economy, investigating not only the morality of corporations and exchange rates, but also how the politics of economics shape people as moral agents. It does this less by insisting on the unfavorable effects of capitalism, and more by drawing on theological virtues, Christian doctrines, and liturgical practices to discover what they might show us about economic exchanges. Calculated Futures seeks a way forward by engaging economics as a



social scientific discipline without subordinating theology to it.