J. Arie Biemond Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 6 (2026): #-# Publication historyFirst view: 26 March 2026 In this volume on the Theology of Work, the editor Gregorio Guitián shares with us an enriching exploration of this branch of economic theology. The various contributors provide us with fascinating insights in the theological contemplationContinue reading “Review of Gregorio Guitián’s Theology of Work: New Perspectives”
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Review of Karla Boersma’s & Herman J. Selderhuis’s Money in Early Modern Christianity
Cornelis van der Kooi Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 6 (2026): #-# Publication historyFirst view: 25 March 2026 This conference volume contains a significant portion of the contributions presented at a conference held in Geneva in 2024 under the title: “Calvin, Capital, and the Camel: Thoughts and Practices on Money in Early Christianity.”Continue reading “Review of Karla Boersma’s & Herman J. Selderhuis’s Money in Early Modern Christianity”
Review of Paul Seabright’s The Divine Economy
Maciej Potz Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 6 (2026): #-# Publication historyFirst view: 3 February 2026 The Divine Economy by Paul Seabright is an ambitious attempt to address several key questions scholars of religion have been asking for decades: what accounts for religion’s continued attractiveness in the modern, largely disenchanted world? What areContinue reading “Review of Paul Seabright’s The Divine Economy”
Review of Benjamin M. Friedman’s Religious Influences on Economic Thinking
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”
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”