This contribution advances a critical examination of Smith’s thought in theological perspective, with a point of departure in a recent interpretation of the "invisible hand." We show that the concept of general providence has displaced traditional understandings of special providence in the...

Introduction: Exploring Adam Smith's theological contexts, sources, and significance / Jordan J. Ballor and Cornelis van der Kooi -- Bourgeois culture : understanding Adam Smith's moral horizon / Govert J. Buijs -- A survey of Adam Smith's theological sources / Jordan J. Ballor -- Calvin and...

Part I. A symposium on the historical epistemology of economics -- The historical epistemology of economics: an invitation / Till Düppe and Harro Maas -- Physiocracy as an eighteenth-century science / Loïc Charles and Christine Théré -- Engines of discovery: Jevons and Marshall on the...

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