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Christian Libertarianism
For as long as I can remember, I was a libertarian-leaning conservative who held his nose and voted Republican to keep those evil Democrats out of...
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Peace, Faith, and Economy
This chapter outlines the current context of globalization and the challenges related to it. It then develops, in the light of the social doctrine of...
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Peace, Faith, and Economy: A Comment
The presentation of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Pizzaballa, on ‘peace, faith and economics’ begins with a disclaimer: “I must confess that...
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Christian Bessy and Michel Margairaz eds. Les biens communs en perspectives. Propriété, travail, valeur (XVIIIe-XXIe siècle), Editions de la Sorbonne, 2021
This article presents a book review of Les biens communs en perspectives , edited by Christian Bessy and Michel Margairaz, Editions de la Sorbonne,...
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Christian Faith and Economics
All economic/political judgments have four components: a normative framework; study of society; an economic/political philosophy; application to a...
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Profit Due to Christian Behaviour: The Moral Economy of the Moravian Church in the Eighteenth Century
The section refutes the prevailing view in research that Christian norms no longer had any significance in eighteenth-century trade practices. To...
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Christian Humanism: Fatherhood, Economics, and Relational Ontology
In continuity with the first two chapters of the second part, Giulio Maspero’s thesis is that the cultural dimensions to which one must turn in order...
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The Necessity and Directivity of Basic Income from the Perspective of Christian Ethics: Focusing on the Ethics of the Other
This chapter discusses the necessity and directivity of basic income from a Christian perspective. Although all human beings are created equal by...
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A Christian Approach to Interest
This chapter relates Christian beliefs to interest and the modern banking system, and discusses how ethical approaches to interest have developed...
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Two Foundations of the Theory of Basic Income: Natural Rights and Biblical Laws
In A Public Faith: How Followers of Christ Should Serve the Common Good, Miroslav Volf wrestles with the question, “How does the committed Christian...
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Religion and Division of Labour within Households in India
The study explores the relationship between religion and the division of labour between men and women within households in India. It uses Time Use...
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Faith and Work: Brave New World?
This chapter draws on the classic trope that polite company should not talk about sex, politics, or religion, and how the business world has largely...
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In Hoc Signo Vinces—an Exploratory Study on the Impact of Religion on Violence in Sport
Does religion continue to spur violence even in contemporary times? This work aims to shed some light on the relationship between belonging to a...
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The Politics of Purpose: Christian Alternatives to Liberalism and Populism
The historical reconstruction by Milbank is followed by a thoughtful analysis of the present political situation by Adrian Pabst. Together, these two...
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The Libertarian Mission of a Catholic Priest
At first blush, it may seem odd that a catholic priest reconciles his own religious vocation with the defense of individual freedom against any form...
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What’s More Likely? Economicus Was Created by Evolution or by God
God! Evolution is driven by the survival of genesgenes/traits; its objective is not to produce happy gene-containers, or WB optimizers. It’s...
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Past the Limits of Usury: Jews and the Moral Economy of Moneylending in the Late Medieval German Territories
Scholarship on Jews and medieval economic thought is often devoted to the theological debate over usury. Beyond this debate, many of the daily...
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Feudal Fiefdom
Following their conquest of England, the Normans rebuilt London as the administrative capital of the new Anglo-Norman kingdom. The ruined Roman city...