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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783612703321

Autore

Long D. Stephen <1960, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

0-87083-268-9

1-134-58887-9

1-134-58888-7

0-203-46544-X

1-280-33554-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Collana

Radical orthodoxy series

Disciplina

261.8/5

Soggetti

Economics - Religious aspects - Christianity

Christianity - Economic aspects

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. [271]-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

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.