Martin Schlag Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 2, no. 1 (2022): 1-4 Published12 November 2021 (first view)20 May 2022 In my Italian review of the Dizionario di economia civile (Bruni and Zamagni 2009), I argued for the inclusion of Thomas Aquinas among the intellectual forerunners of the civil economy tradition. My conviction wasContinue reading “Review of Thomas Aquinas and the Civil Economy Tradition”
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Review of The Routledge Handbook of Economic Theology
Paul van Geest / Bas van Os Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 1, no. 2 (2021): 233-238 Published29 October 2021 (first view)01 November 2021 The Routledge Handbook of Economic Theology is based on the premise that economics and business administration have undergone a theological turn of their own after the secularization of society.Continue reading “Review of The Routledge Handbook of Economic Theology”
Review of Abraham Kuyper’s On Business & Economics
Roelf Haan Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 1, no. 2 (2021): 227-231 Published09 July 2021 (first view)01 November 2021 Lexham Press has started a “major series of new translations of Abraham Kuyper’s key works in public theology,” never before available in English, and consisting of twelve volumes. Jordan J. Ballor and Melvin FlikkemaContinue reading “Review of Abraham Kuyper’s On Business & Economics”
Review of Benjamin Friedman’s Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
Salim Rashid Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 1, no. 2 (2021): 217-225 Published17 June 2021 (first view)01 November 2021 The claim of this book is that religion, in this case meaning Protestant Christianity, was highly influential in the formation and acceptance of modern economics, as well as being an important influence in theContinue reading “Review of Benjamin Friedman’s Religion and the Rise of Capitalism”
Review of Thomas Piketty’s Capital et idéologie
Antoinette Rijsenbilt / Cornelis van der Kooi Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 1, no. 1 (2021): 113-116 Published23 March 2021 The world has seen an era of unprecedented economic growth over the past decades (IMF, 2011), which made people on average better off. Overall speaking, however, the rich have become richer. Inequality hasContinue reading “Review of Thomas Piketty’s Capital et idéologie”