Reaching for heaven on earth : the theological meaning of economics

Author(s)

• Nelson, Robert H. (Robert Henry)

Bibliographic Information

Reaching for heaven on earth : the theological meaning of economics

Robert H. Nelson

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c1991

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

this is the most profound book on the boundary of theology and economics in the past couple of decades. It has a depth of perspective, a scope of scholarship and a discernment that is rare in this field.-CHRISTIAN CENTURY

Table of Contents

• The message of modern economic theology. Part 1 The origins of modern economic theology
• the Roman outlook
• the early protestant tradition. Part 2 Secularization and the rise of modern economic theology: the Roman church of Newton
• the Protestant church of Darwin. Part 3 The Roman theology of the American welfare state: the progressive gospel of efficiency
• the message of economic progressivism. Part 4 Entering a world of post-modern economics
• developing a theology of economic pluralism
• the right of free secession.

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Details

• NCID: BA13293153
• ISBN:
  • 0847676641
• LCCN: 91011446
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Savage, Md.
• Pages/Volumes: xxvii, 378 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HB75
  • DC20 : 330
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Economics -- History
  • LCSH : Economics -- Religious aspects -- History
  • LCSH : Economic history