Theology and Economics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Jeremy Kidwell, Sean Doherty

      Pages 1-7

3. Swords: Critical Engagements between Economics and Theology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Why Is Engagement between Christian Economists and Theologians Difficult?

      • Andy Hartropp

      Pages 11-26

   3. What Do Theologians Need to Know about Economics?

      • Michael G. Pollitt

      Pages 27-45

   4. A Framework for Doing Theology in the Marketplace

      • Eve Poole

      Pages 47-63

   5. Red Toryism, Common Good, and One Nation

      • Mark Chapman

      Pages 65-82

   6. A Response to Hartropp, Pollitt, Poole, and Chapman

      • Malcolm Brown

      Pages 83-89

4. Plowshares 1: Resources for Collaboration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. On the Idea of Commerce as a Natural Means of Human Improvement: Adam Smith’s Theory of Progress

      • Matthew B. Arbo

      Pages 93-107

   3. Economics and Virtue Ethics: Reflections from a Christian Perspective

      • Andrew Henley

      Pages 109-125

   4. Radical or Realist? An Inquiry into the Social Ethics of John of Chrysostom as a Model for Resourcing the Tradition in Reflection on the Common Good

      • Jeremy Kidwell

      Pages 127-142

   5. The Kingdom of God and the Economic System: An Economics of Hope

      • Sean Doherty

      Pages 143-156

   6. Response: Finding Common Ground; Contemporary Resources for Collaboration

      • Paul S. Williams

      Pages 157-161

5. Plowshares 2: Visions of the Common Good

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. Theological Perspectives for a Human Economy at Its Limits and within Its Limits

      • Hans G. Ulrich

      Pages 165-182

   3. Is the Model of Human Nature in Economics Fundamentally Flawed? Seeking a Better Model of Economic Behavior

      • Donald Hay, Gordon Menzies

      Pages 183-198

   4. Transcending the Long Twentieth Century: Why We Should and How We Can Move to a Post-Capitalist Market Economy

      • Nicholas Townsend

      Pages 199-218

   5. Christianity and Social Flourishing: Theology, Politics, and Economics

      • Martyn Percy

      Pages 219-237

   6. Response: A Theology of the Economy?

      • Oliver O’Donovan

      Pages 239-244

This volume brings together a prominent group of Christian economists and theologians to provide an interdisciplinary look at how we might use the tools of economic and theological reasoning to cultivate more just and moral economies for the 21st century.

• economics
• theology
• politics
• ethics
• Christianity
• economic system
• god
• morality
• Virtue Ethics

“The work-as-a-whole concludes with: an editorial summation, selective bibliography, index, and notes on the contributors that afford brief introductions to the individual essayists. … the level of specialized jargon in many of the essays probably ensures this book will be of most benefit to professional theologians and economists and to institutions supporting seminaries or graduate economics programs.” (Justin Lillard, Journal of Markets & Morality, Vol. 19 (1), May, 2016)

'This is a stimulating collection of new essays from leading thinkers across different disciplines. It addresses the scope of fruitful dialogue and collaboration between theologians and economists in their pursuit of the common good, providing a valuable and accessible resource for both the general reader and specialist.' - Ian Smith, Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics and Finance, University of St. Andrews, UK

Matthew Arbo, Midwestern Seminary, Kansas City, USA The Revd Canon Dr Malcolm Brown, Archbishops' Council of the Church of England. Mark Chapman, Ripon College Cuddesdon, University of Oxford, and Oxford Brookes University, UK Andy Hartropp, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, UK Donald Hay, University of Oxford, UK Andrew Henley, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. Gordon Menzies, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Oliver O'Donovan, University of St Andrews, UK Martyn Percy, Ripon College at Cuddesdon, Oxford, UK Michael Pollitt, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK Eve Poole, Ashridge Business School, UK Nicholas Townsend, freelance writer and editor, UK Hans G. Ulrich, University Erlangen Nuremberg, Germany Paul Williams, Regent College, Canada

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