Since the early 20th century, Economics has been the dominant discourse in English-speaking countries, displacing Christian theology from its previous position of authority. This path breaking book is a major contribution to the interdisciplinary dialogue between economics and religion.
Oslington tells the story of natural theology shaping political economy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, emphasising continuing significance of theological issues for the discipline of economics. Early political economists such as Adam Smith, Josiah Tucker, Edmund Burke, William...
Since the early 20th century, Economics has been the dominant discourse in English-speaking countries, displacing Christian theology from its previ...
In this book, Oslington underlines the contradiction between the prominence of job losses in political conflict over trade liberalisation, and trade economists usually working with full employment models.
In this book, Oslington underlines the contradiction between the prominence of job losses in political conflict over trade liberalisation, and trade e...
The interdisciplinary field of economics and religion has come a long way since 2003 when Edward Elgar published the pioneering volume Economics and Religion. The influence of religious ideas on the birth of economics as a discipline and its rise to cultural dominance is now widely recognized. The largely Protestant discussion has been enriched by Roman Catholic contributions stimulated by recent Papal Encyclicals. The economics of religion has now matured into a respectable subfield of economics and articles on religion regularly appear in top economics journals. Together with an original...
The interdisciplinary field of economics and religion has come a long way since 2003 when Edward Elgar published the pioneering volume Economics and R...
