Divine Economy: Theology and the Market (Routledge Radical Orthodoxy) [Paperback]

D. Stephen Long (Author)

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Publication Date: June 8, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0415226732 | ISBN-13: 978-0415226738 | Edition: 1

What has theology to do with economics? They are both sciences of human action, but have traditionally been treated as very separate disciplines. Divine Economy is the first book to address the need for an active dialogue between the two.
D. Stephen Long traces three strategies which have been used to bring theology to bear on economic questions: the dominant twentieth-century tradition, of Weber's fact-value distinction; an emergent tradition based on Marxist social analysis; and a residual tradition that draws on an ancient understanding of a functional economy. He concludes that the latter approach shows the greatest promise because it refuses to subordinate theological knowledge to autonomous social-scientific research.
Divine Economy will be welcomed by those with an interest in how theology can inform economic debate.

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...Stephen Long's book is an important contribution to what is becoming an increasingly pressing theological preoccupation.
–M. Douglas Meeks, Vanderbilt University Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Winter 2002

[T]his contribution seeks to connect Cambridge intellectual hothouse with the rest of us The book...[is] a litmus test of Radical Orthodoxy's claim to credibility in religious and secular arenas.
–Theology

Stephen Long...has fashioned a complex book that challenges not only traditional approaches to economy...but also rejects nearly all the approaches of Christian scholars who deal with economic matters..
–Journal of Church and State

About the Author

D. Stephen Long is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (June 8, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415226732
• ISBN-13: 978-0415226738
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This review is from: Divine Economy: Theology and the Market (Routledge Radical Orthodoxy) (Paperback)

At only 50 pages in, I am already locked on. I'ts always gratifying when I purchase a book due to an interview with the author (in this case, the June/July issue of The Door), and find the writing style consistent with his or her conversational style. In the case of Stephen Long, the author seems to have done the heavy lifting in advance so layman that I am, I can follow the direction and intent of the text without stopping to back up too frequently.
Also, the subject of Capitalism's dependence on essentially Theological issues for its survival is an extremely exciting idea to contemplate! I expect to purchase more work on this concept and to look up some of Mr. Long's sources.