Economic Compulsion and Christian Ethics
Economic Compulsion and Christian Ethics

Author: Albino Barrera

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-09-08

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780521853415

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Barrera addresses adverse effects of market operations on individuals from the viewpoint of Christian ethics.

The Christian Ethic as an Economic Factor
The Christian Ethic as an Economic Factor

Author: Sir Josiah Stamp

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019365335

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Stamp's 1926 lecture on the Christian Ethic as an economic factor is a thought-provoking exploration of the intersection between religion and economics. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of economic thought or the relationship between ethics and commerce. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Economic Compulsion and Christian Ethics
Economic Compulsion and Christian Ethics

Author: Albino Barrera

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-09-08

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1139446843

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Markets can often be harsh in compelling people to make unpalatable economic choices any reasonable person would not take under normal conditions. Thus, workers laid off in mid-career accept lower-paid jobs that are beneath their professional experience for want of better alternatives. Economic migrants leave their families and cross borders (legally or illegally) in search of a livelihood. These are examples of economic compulsion. These economic ripple effects have been virtually ignored in ethical discourse because they are generally accepted to be the very mechanisms that generate the market's much-touted allocative efficiency. Albino Barrera argues that Christian thought on economic security offers an effective framework within which to address the consequences of economic compulsion.

Just Capitalism
Just Capitalism

Author: Brent Waters

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2016-10-01

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 161164691X

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Just Capitalism is a Christian moral defense of economic globalization as a system that is well-suited to provide the necessary material needs that are prerequisite for human community and flourishing. Global-based market exchange offers the development and distribution of the goods of creation for humans to enjoy and share. Globalization also offers "the most realistic and promising way of exercising a preferential option for the poor." Waters argues that economic globalization, and thus capitalism, is a necessary condition for sustaining human life but not a sufficient condition for enabling human flourishing. Even though globalization is generally compatible with Christian theological and moral claims and can realistically facilitate the well-being of the human family, it must be reoriented toward koinoniahuman community, communication, fellowshipas the global economy's primary goal in order to help actualize human flourishing. Readers will gain insight about how economic globalization (and thus capitalism) is good for the human family and can be made better by certain reorientations that are compatible with Christian moral values. Waters provides a mature and civil counterargument against knee-jerk condemnations of economic globalization and capitalism.

Theology and Economics
Theology and Economics

Author: Jeremy Kidwell

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2015-10-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781137552235

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This volume brings together a prominent group of Christian economists and theologians to provide an interdisciplinary look at how we might use the tools of economic and theological reasoning to cultivate more just and moral economies for the 21st century.

Christian Ethics and Political Economy in North America
Christian Ethics and Political Economy in North America

Author: Peter Travis Kroeker

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 0773512675

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In this religious and moral critique of liberalism, Travis Kroeker analyses how religio-ethical discourse is changed when it is translated into the economic policy discourse of North American liberalism. Focusing on influential representatives of contempo

The Market Economy and Christian Ethics
The Market Economy and Christian Ethics

Author: Peter H. Sedgwick

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-10-07

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1139425145

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Peter Sedgwick explores the relation of a theology of justice to that of human identity in the context of the market economy, and engages with critics of capitalism and the market. He examines three aspects of the market economy: first, how does it shape personal identity, through consumption and the experience of paid employment in relation to the work ethic? Second, what impact does the global economy have on local cultures? Finally, as manufacturing changes out of all recognition through the impact of technology and global competition, what is the effect in terms of poverty? Drawing on the response of the Catholic Church, both in the United States and in papal encyclicals, to the market economy from 1985–1991, Sedgwick argues that its involvement deserves to be better known. Moreover, he recommends that the Churches remain part of the debate in reforming and humanizing the market economy.