Once economics came to be understood as the scientific investigation of the operation of markets, economic theorists pushed ethical and metaphysical concerns outside their realm of study. After the separation, the claims of Christian theology had no more jurisdiction over the discipline of...

This article will discuss the theological foundation of Adam Smith's writings. Teleology, final causes, and divine design were initially seen as central to understanding Smith's writings. Over time, this view fell out of fashion. In the period after World War II, with the rise of positivism,...

In this essay the Author traces back the modern standard theory of economic rationality to the theological backgrond of the theory of Angels as rational decision makers developed by Christian Scholastics.His main conclusion is that there is an identifiable theological background of modern...

Although we don’t explain everything using economics, everything around us has something to do with economics. Economics cannot be detached from all the aspects of the realty of day to day life, especially from the cultural perspective. The advantage of studding the economic life from a...

Dieser Beitrag skizziert ein wirtschaftsethisches Gesprächsangebot an die Theologie. Aus der Perspektive des ordonomischen Ethik-Ansatzes werden methodisch drei kategoriale Denkfehler identifiziert: ein intentionalistischer, ein moralistischer und ein individualethischer Fehlschluss. Sodann...

For the interdisciplinary field of theological economics to grow and flourish, four questions must be answered. First, whose theology and scholarship are relevant? Second, to what ends may theological economics be undertaken? Third, does theology support its own use and application in economics?...