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This innovative collection of essays draws together and compares the teachings of world and regional religions on the subject of economic morality.

Conflicting demands of love and justice are among the most vexing problems of social philosophy, moral theology, and public policy. They often have life-and-death consequences for millions. This book examines how and why love-justice conflicts arise to begin with and what we can do to reconcile their competing claims.

This book explores the vital role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in compensating for the market¿s and government¿s inability to provide vital services. Its key theoretical contribution is the notion that poverty is the result of a triadic failure¿when markets, government, and civil society become dysfunctional at the same time.

As western economies have moved from feudalism to industrialism to the information age, Catholic social thought has kept pace, responding to the economic realities of the day. Linking Catholic social teaching with modern economic theory, Albino F. Barrera examines the changing political economy embedded within the moral theology and social justice documents issued by the Church during the last hundred years.Barrera discusses the evolution of C...

Written for theologians, philosophers, social scientists, and policymakers interested in the theological and philosophical foundations of economics, this carefully researched study argues that precarious, subsistence living is not an immutable law of nature. Rather, such a chronic, dismal condition reflects personal and collective moral failure.

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Written for theologians, philosophers, social scientists, and policymakers interested in the theological and philosophical foundations of economics, this carefully researched study argues that precarious, subsistence living is not an immutable law of nature. Rather, such a chronic, dismal condition reflects personal and collective moral failure.

Written in non-technical language accessible to non-specialist readers, this book is a theological synthesis of the findings of scripture scholars and ethicists on what the Bible teaches about economic life.

This book examines our own moral responsibilities for the distant harms of our market transactions, and the global consequences and costs.

Written in non-technical language accessible to non-specialist readers, this book is a theological synthesis of the findings of scripture scholars and ethicists on what the Bible teaches about economic life. It proposes a biblical theology of economic lif

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

This book examines our own moral responsibilities for the distant harms of our market transactions, and the global consequences and costs.