Economics as Religion
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Economics as Religion

From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond

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eBook - PDF

Economics as Religion

From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond

About this book

Robert Nelson's Reaching for Heaven on Earth, Economics as Religion, and The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion Versus Environmental Religion in Contemporary America read almost like a trilogy, exploring and charting the boundaries of theology and economics from the Western foundations of ancient Greece through the traditions that Nelson identifies as "Protestant" and "Roman," and on into modern economic forms such as Marxism and capitalism, as well as environmentalism. Nelson argues that economics can be a genuine form of religion and that it should inform our understanding of the religious developments of our times. This edition of Economics as Religion situates the influence of his work in the scholarly economic and theological conversations of today and reflects on the state of the economics profession and the potential implications for theology, economics, and other social sciences.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER Front
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Foreword (Max L. Stackhouse)
  5. Preface
  6. Notes to Preface
  7. Introduction: The Market Paradox
  8. Notes to Introduction
  9. PART I: The Laws of Economics as the New Word of God
  10. Chapter 1: Tenets of Economic Faith
  11. Notes to Chapter 1
  12. Chapter 2: A Secular Great Awakening
  13. Notes to Chapter 2
  14. PART II: Theological Messages of Samuelson's Economics
  15. Notes to Part II
  16. Chapter 3: The Market Mechanism as a Religious Statement
  17. Notes to Chapter 3
  18. Chapter 4: Apostle of Scientific Management
  19. Notes to Chapter 4
  20. PART III: The Gods of Chicago
  21. Notes to Part III
  22. Chapter 5: Frank Knight and Original Sin
  23. Notes to Chapter 5
  24. Chapter 6: Knight Versus Friedman Versus Stigler
  25. Notes to Chapter 6
  26. Chapter 7: Chicago Versus the Ten Commandments
  27. Notes to Chapter 7
  28. PART IV: Religion and the New Institutional Economics
  29. Notes to Part IV
  30. Chapter 8: A New Economic World
  31. Notes to Chapter 8
  32. Chapter 9: Efficient Religion
  33. Notes to Chapter 9
  34. PART V: Economics as Religion
  35. Notes to Part V
  36. Chapter 10: God Bless the Market
  37. Notes to Chapter 10
  38. Chapter 11: A Crisis of Progress
  39. Notes to Chapter 11
  40. Conclusion
  41. Notes to Conclusion
  42. Epilogue to the Revised Edition
  43. Notes to Epilogue
  44. Notes
  45. Index
  46. COVER Back