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”
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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”
Review of Tanja Skambraks’s and Martin Lutz’s Reassessing the Moral Economy
Albino Barrera Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 4 (2024): 96-99 Publication historyFirst view: 13 August 2024Published: 18 December 2024 E. P. Thompson’s (1971) seminal article distinguishes the moral economy from the material economy. The former is comprised of the public’s economic ethos, that is, the community’s expectations regarding proper conduct in the marketplaceContinue reading “Review of Tanja Skambraks’s and Martin Lutz’s Reassessing the Moral Economy”
Review of Jordan J. Ballor’s and Cornelis van der Kooi’s Theology, Morality and Adam Smith
Brendan Long Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 3, no. 1/2 (2023): 85-90 Publication historyFirst view: 07 November 2023Published: 22 December 2023 It was James Alvery (2007) who first coined the phrase, the “new view” of Adam Smith. Alvery sought to highlight the influence of religious perspectives on the development of the Adam SmithContinue reading “Review of Jordan J. Ballor’s and Cornelis van der Kooi’s Theology, Morality and Adam Smith”
Review of Brendan Long’s Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand of God
Ryan Hanley Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 3, no. 1/2 (2023): 83-84 Publication historyFirst view: 27 October 2023Published: 22 December 2023 My experience over the past several years has been that when two or more Adam Smith scholars are gathered together in his name, the conversation very often turns to one of twoContinue reading “Review of Brendan Long’s Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand of God”
Review of Valentina Rotondi’s & Paolo Santori’s Rethinking Economics Starting from the Commons: Towards an Economics of Francesco
Roshnee Ossewaarde-Lowtoo Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 3, no. 1/2 (2023): 77-82 Publication historyFirst view: 27 October 2023Published: 22 December 2023 This collection of eighteen contributions aims at articulating ways to move beyond capitalism by drawing on the ideas of Pope Francis, late medieval Franciscan economic thought, and the ideas of the youngContinue reading “Review of Valentina Rotondi’s & Paolo Santori’s Rethinking Economics Starting from the Commons: Towards an Economics of Francesco”
Review of Alexander William Salter’s The Political Economy of Distributism
Andrew Gustafson Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion, vol. 3, no. 1/2 (2023): 71-75 Publication historyFirst view: 7 September 2023Published: 22 December 2023 This helpful book argues that distributism, with its strong Catholic Social Thought foundations, has resources to contribute significantly to a common good capitalism and discussions of political economy. If this book doesn’tContinue reading “Review of Alexander William Salter’s The Political Economy of Distributism”