Joost Hengstmengel Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025): 244-247 Publication historyPublished: 17 December 2025 The author of this slim volume, Benjamin Friedman, is the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy in Harvard University’s Department of Economics. The curriculum vitae of this acclaimed economist reveals two remarkable—and from this journal’sContinue reading “Review of Benjamin M. Friedman’s Religious Influences on Economic Thinking”
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Review of Richard K. Payne’s & Fabio Rambelli’s Buddhism under Capitalism
Ernest C. H. Ng Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025): 238-242 Publication historyFirst view: 19 September 2025Published: 17 December 2025 Over the last decade, significant attention has been given to interdisciplinary research in Buddhism and economics. This surge in research over the last few decades in faith and market, spiritualContinue reading “Review of Richard K. Payne’s & Fabio Rambelli’s Buddhism under Capitalism”
Review of Jan Jorrit Hasselaar’s Climate Change, Radical Uncertainty and Hope: Theology and Economics in Conversation
Steven C. van den Heuvel Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025): 230-233 Publication historyFirst view: 23 April 2025Published: 17 December 2025 Readers of the JETR probably do not need convincing that there is promise in the dialogue between the disciplines of economics and theology—but should there nevertheless be any doubters,Continue reading “Review of Jan Jorrit Hasselaar’s Climate Change, Radical Uncertainty and Hope: Theology and Economics in Conversation”
Review of Filipe Maia’s Trading Futures: A Theological Critique of Financialized Capitalism
Joerg Rieger Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 5, no. 2 (2025): 234-236 Publication historyFirst view: 22 April 2025Published: 17 December 2025 To state it up front, this is a masterful book by a younger scholar that addresses matters at the very heart of contemporary theology. If it is true, as some of usContinue reading “Review of Filipe Maia’s Trading Futures: A Theological Critique of Financialized Capitalism”
Review of Andrew Gustafson & Celeste Harvey’s Finding Faith in Business
Anke Teeuw Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 5 (2025): 226-228 Publication historyFirst view: 24 January 2025Published: 17 December 2025 Andrew Gustafson and Celeste Harvey have done a great job collecting essays that together provide an accessible, inspiring, and comprehensive introduction to the Focolare’s Economy of Communion (EoC). Due to my unfamiliarity with theContinue reading “Review of Andrew Gustafson & Celeste Harvey’s Finding Faith in Business”
Review of Michael McBride’s An Economic Approach to Religion
Junaid B. Jahangir Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 4 (2024): 118-122 Publication historyFirst view: 17 December 2024Published: 18 December 2024 In 2021, I was looking for resources to teach the Economics of Religion, a new elective undergraduate course that I was developing for my department. I was unable to find a textbook atContinue reading “Review of Michael McBride’s An Economic Approach to Religion”
Review of David L. Blaney’s Political Economy as Theodicy
Joost Hengstmengel Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 4 (2024): 112-116 Publication historyFirst view: 12 December 2024Published: 18 December 2024 Economists like to think of their discipline as a secular enterprise. On closer observation, however, contemporary economics has theological foundations—as argued by Macalester College Professor of Political Science David Blaney, in his latest book.Continue reading “Review of David L. Blaney’s Political Economy as Theodicy”
Review of Robert M. Sauer’s The Economics of Religion
Katalin Botos Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 4 (2024): 108-110 Publication historyFirst view: 17 September 2024Published: 18 December 2024 The book is a compendium of papers on the economic thinking of different religions. The papers differ both in their topics and methods: some may be characterised as deeply scientific in their approach, othersContinue reading “Review of Robert M. Sauer’s The Economics of Religion”
Review of Niels Kaergård’s Market, Ethics and Religion: The Market and its Limitations
Cornelis van der Kooi Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 4 (2024): 104-106 Publication historyFirst view: 17 September 2024Published: 18 December 2024 This volume is a collection of contributions mainly stemming from an interdisciplinary workshop held at the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters in 2014, and supplemented by recent pieces on currentContinue reading “Review of Niels Kaergård’s Market, Ethics and Religion: The Market and its Limitations”
Review of Albino Barrera’s & Roy C. Amore’s The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics
Paolo Santori Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 4 (2024): 100-102 Publication historyFirst view: 17 September 2024Published: 18 December 2024 Religion and science pertain to two separate spheres, each with its method, scope, aims, and dignity. Therefore, their paths should not cross. This, in a nutshell, is the idea of Non Overlapping Magisteria (NOMA),Continue reading “Review of Albino Barrera’s & Roy C. Amore’s The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics”