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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 261.85 EAN: 9780800637743 ISBN: 0800637747 Label: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Manufacturer: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: June 17, 2005 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Studio: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: As international economic change accelerates and globalization becomes inevitable, Christians and others have questioned the equity and justice of the emerging global economy. Are there any fair and viable alternatives to global capitalism? University of Chicago theologian Kathryn Tanner offers here a serious and creative proposal for evaluating economic theory and behavior. She finds in the Christian story a strong and unyielding concern with economic matters and specific principles of economics and economic justice that can be brought into conversation with global capitalism today. At the heart of that story is the reality of God's gift of grace, a noncompetitive relationship that models a very different type of economy. Further, Tanner discusses specific alternatives to the present economic system and principles that can apply across comparative economies. Finally, she offers concrete proposals for a theological economy and ways to make it work to modify and perhaps replace the present global capitalist configuration. Few matters today are as pressing and consequential as the global economic direction, and Tanner's proposal offers a way for Christians to consider their role in crafting or reworking the myriad economic ways in which we all relate to each other. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Theological EconomyTanner develops the idea of a theological economy that is centered around the concept of gift. She begins by finding fault with other theological treatments of economics and suggesting that money and grace are formaly related. She notes also that the attainment of goods is not a zero-sum proposition. She then suggests that a theological economy of gift should include the concepts of unconditional giving, universal giving, and non-competition within the community. This stands in contrast with ... Read More 
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