The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-289432-8 (ISBN)
What do world and regional religions say about economic morality? The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics presents together for the first time the key tenets and teachings of numerous faiths on this subject. In doing so, it also compares the major religions in their positions on various social, business, and policy topics, such as consumerism, competition, ecology, and feminism. It concludes with an analytical synthesis that presents and explains the patterns that emerge from the various religions and themes explored across the Handbook's chapters.
Together, these chapters underscore a symbiosis between religion and economic life as they mutually enrich each other. On the one hand, religion improves the efficiency and efficacy of economic life by lowering the frictional and monitoring costs of market operations. Virtuous market participants internalize norms of good economic conduct and behave accordingly. On the other hand, socioeconomic life offers manifold enticements, comforts, and overindulgences that paradoxically push devout adherents to invest themselves even further in their beliefs. Socioeconomic life provides an opportunity for religions to build strong faith communities and for believers to reify their religion in their economic conduct. This Handbook presents the richness, nuances, and rationale of religions and their economic ethics.
Readers will discover a remarkable convergence in religions' teachings on economic morality, despite their wide differences in dogma, ecclesial structures, and social practices. This confluence can be traced to similarities in the underlying anthropologies and cosmologies of these faiths. Finally, this Handbook shows, the major faiths share far more values than divide them, at least when it comes to economic morality.
Albino Barrera is Professor of Economics and Theology at Providence College (RI, USA). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology. His research and teaching explore the interface of theology, philosophy, and economics. His recent books include Compassion-Justice Conflicts and Christian Ethics (2023), Catholic Missionaries and their Work with the Poor (2019), and Biblical Economic Ethics (2013). Roy C. Amore is Professor of Political Science at University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada). He teaches and publishes on both Eastern and Western religions, with a focus on their interaction with political parties, policies, and legislation. His first book, Two Masters, One Message (1978), compared the lives and teachings of the Buddha and Jesus. He has authored or edited ten books and numerous book chapters and articles.
Preface
List of Contributors
I: Survey Chapters
1: Hrishikesh D. Vinod and Satish Y. Deodhar: Hindu Economic Ethics
2: Atul K. Shah: Jain Economic Ethics
3: Roy C. Amore: Buddhist Economic Ethics
4: Pashaura Singh: Sikh Economic Ethics
5: Yong Huang: Confucian Economic Ethics
6: Rory O'Neill and Hans-Georg Moeller: Daoist Economic Ethics
7: Asher Meir: Jewish Economic Ethics
8: Albino Barrera: Christian Economic Ethics
9: M. Kabir Hassan and Aishath Muneeza: Islamic Economics
10: Hooshmand Badee: Bahá'í Economic Ethics
11: Mayfair Yang: Chinese Popular Religion and Economy
12: Tomoko Iwasawa: Shinto Economic Ethics
13: Victoria Grieve Williams: Aboriginal Australian Spirituality and Economy
14: Rose Mary Amenga-Etego: Akan Traditional Religion and Economic Ethics
15: Richard E. Blanton: Aztec Religious Economic Ethics
16: Joseph Scott Gladstone: Native American Spirituality and Economic Ethics
II: Thematic Chapters
17: Ahmad Kaleem and Saima Ahmad: Religion and Finance
18: Edmund Newell: Religion and Business Ethics
19: Ulrich Duchrow: Religion and Non-Capitalist Market Analysis
20: K. Praveen Parboteeah and Sahrok Kim: Religion and Work
21: Katalin Botos: Religion and Economic Cooperation and Competition
22: Kenneth A. Reinert: Religion and Basic Goods Provision
23: Todd LeVasseur: Religion and Agriculture
24: Matthew Clarke: Religion and Development Work
25: Bruce Chilton: Religion and Altruism
26: David Cloutier: Religion and Consumerism
27: Anna Holleman and Lisa A. Keister: Religion and Sociology of Wealth Accumulation
28: Sarah J. Melcher: Religion and Ecological Economic Ethics
29: Jaco Beyers: Religion and Poverty
30: Richard Madsen and William M. Sullivan: Religion and Inequality
31: Sumaia A. Al-Kohlani: Religion and Feminist Economic Ethics
32: Mehmet Ciftci: Religion and Socioeconomic Injustice
33: Joerg Rieger and Aaron Stauffer: Religion and Socialism
34: Albino Barrera: Analytical Synthesis: Religion and Economic Ethics
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 27.01.2024 |
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Reihe/Serie | Oxford Handbooks |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 180 x 253 mm |
Gewicht | 1434 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie |
Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-289432-3 / 0192894323 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-289432-8 / 9780192894328 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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