I summarize the key points of the scholastic theory of usury following The Scholastic Analysis of Usury by John T. Noonan. Usury is the sin of taking interest on a loan without a just title. According to Scholastic moral theology, interest on loans may be justified by the extrinsic titles to...

The economy of the mysteries -- Perpetual penance and frequent communion -- The spirit of speculation -- Usury redeemed -- The cult of consumption -- Luxury and the origins of the fetish -- Epilogue : encounters with economic theology.

Human dignity is a concept which can hardly be confined to a unique field of inquiry, or be analyzed from a restricted scientific approach. In this paper I would like to approach the idea of human dignity through the lenses of economics and religion. The word “dignity” has wide and multiple...

Once dominant, theology has not played any significant role in mainstream economics discourse for more than a century. Yet, the economics discipline has much to gain by devoting more scholarly attention to theology-informed economics inquiry that is neither the reserve of economists who believe...

Wirtschaft und Klöster -- Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeit -- Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen -- Arbeitsethos im Kloster -- Corporate Governance und Führung -- Verantwortung aus klösterlicher Sicht -- Entwicklung von Ordensgemeinschaften

Introduction: divinization and technology: the political anthropology of subversion / Agnes Horvath, Camil Roman and Gilbert Germain -- Stepping into sterility : divinization and technology / Agnes Horvath -- Technology and the subversion of control / Gil Germain -- The modern schismogenesis in...

Cover -- Dedication -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1: Towards a Genealogy of Neoliberalism -- 2: Progressive Neoliberalism and its Discontents -- 3: Mediatic Hegemony: The Kingdom, the Power, the Glory and the Tawdry -- 4: Killing Us...

This book argues that ethical leadership without a theological foundation is lacking a firm foundation. It begins with a critical assessment of ethical leadership as a leadership theory, showing how ethics and theology became separated, creating the space for ethical leadership outside of...

Economists and theologians usually inhabit different intellectual worlds. Economists investigate the workings of markets and tend to set ethical questions aside. Theologians, anxious to take up concerns raised by market outcomes, often dismiss economics and lose insights into the influence of...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. Dotan Leshem (2014), 'The Ancient Art of Economics', European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 21 (2), 201-29 -- 2. Constant J. Mews and Ibrahim Abraham (2007), 'Usury and Just Compensation: Religious and Financial Ethics in Historical...

"Based on research conducted in India for over a decade, The Economics of Religion in India outlines the historical growth of religion and contemporary attitudes towards it in the country. The study of religion is related to broader themes of religious conflict and extremism, especially...