Reading list for an Independent Study Im directing this semester on Theology and Economy: Contending Economic Theories: Neoclassical, Keynesian, and Marxian by Richard D. Wolff and Stephen A. Resnick Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Picketty God The Economist: The Doctrine of God and Political Economy by M. Douglas Meeks Divine Economy: Theology and the Market by D. Stephen Long The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World by Daniel M. Bell, Jr. Inequality & Christian Ethics by Douglas A. Hicks Solidarity Ethics: Transformation in a Globalized World by Rebecca Todd Peters Religion, Theology, and Class: Fresh Engagements after Long Silence by Joerg Rieger Its astounding how economically illiterate (and Im talking theory here, not how to balance a budget) pastors, laity, and we the people are, considering how much the assumptions, logics, and material practices of certain economic theories impact nearly every aspect of our individual and collective lives.
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