The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics

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Albino Barrera (Professor of Economics and Theology, Professor of Economics and Theology, Providence College) Roy C. Amore (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, University of Windsor)

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics

Albino Barrera (Professor of Economics and Theology, Professor of Economics and Theology, Providence College), Roy C. Amore (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, University of Windsor)

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Oxford University Press
18 April 2024

Comparative religion; Religious ethics; Economic theory & philosophy; Political economy

Series: Oxford Handbooks

What do world and regional religions say about economic morality? The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics presents together for the first time the key tenets and teachings of numerous faiths on this subject. In doing so, it also compares the major religions in their positions on various social, business, and policy topics, such as consumerism, competition, ecology, and feminism. It concludes with an analytical synthesis that presents and explains the patterns that emerge from the various religions and themes explored across the Handbook's chapters.

Together, these chapters underscore a symbiosis between religion and economic life as they mutually enrich each other. On the one hand, religion improves the efficiency and efficacy of economic life by lowering the frictional and monitoring costs of market operations. Virtuous market participants internalize norms of good economic conduct and behave accordingly. On the other hand, socioeconomic life offers manifold enticements, comforts, and overindulgences that paradoxically push devout adherents to invest themselves even further in their beliefs. Socioeconomic life provides an opportunity for religions to build strong faith communities and for believers to reify their religion in their economic conduct. This Handbook presents the richness, nuances, and rationale of religions and their economic ethics. Readers will discover a remarkable convergence in religions' teachings on economic morality, despite their wide differences in dogma, ecclesial structures, and social practices. This confluence can be traced to similarities in the underlying anthropologies and cosmologies of these faiths. Finally, this Handbook shows, the major faiths share far more values than divide them, at least when it comes to economic morality.

Volume editor: Albino Barrera (Professor of Economics and Theology Professor of Economics and Theology Providence College), Roy C. Amore (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, University of Windsor)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 253mm, Width: 180mm, Spine: 45mm
Weight: 1.434kg
ISBN: 9780192894328
ISBN 10: 0192894323
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Pages: 736
Publication Date: 18 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface List of Contributors I: Survey Chapters 1: Hrishikesh D. Vinod and Satish Y. Deodhar: Hindu Economic Ethics 2: Atul K. Shah: Jain Economic Ethics 3: Roy C. Amore: Buddhist Economic Ethics 4: Pashaura Singh: Sikh Economic Ethics 5: Yong Huang: Confucian Economic Ethics 6: Rory O'Neill and Hans-Georg Moeller: Daoist Economic Ethics 7: Asher Meir: Jewish Economic Ethics 8: Albino Barrera: Christian Economic Ethics 9: M. Kabir Hassan and Aishath Muneeza: Islamic Economics 10: Hooshmand Badee: Bahá'í Economic Ethics 11: Mayfair Yang: Chinese Popular Religion and Economy 12: Tomoko Iwasawa: Shinto Economic Ethics 13: Victoria Grieve Williams: Aboriginal Australian Spirituality and Economy 14: Rose Mary Amenga-Etego: Akan Traditional Religion and Economic Ethics 15: Richard E. Blanton: Aztec Religious Economic Ethics 16: Joseph Scott Gladstone: Native American Spirituality and Economic Ethics II: Thematic Chapters 17: Ahmad Kaleem and Saima Ahmad: Religion and Finance 18: Edmund Newell: Religion and Business Ethics 19: Ulrich Duchrow: Religion and Non-Capitalist Market Analysis 20: K. Praveen Parboteeah and Sahrok Kim: Religion and Work 21: Katalin Botos: Religion and Economic Cooperation and Competition 22: Kenneth A. Reinert: Religion and Basic Goods Provision 23: Todd LeVasseur: Religion and Agriculture 24: Matthew Clarke: Religion and Development Work 25: Bruce Chilton: Religion and Altruism 26: David Cloutier: Religion and Consumerism 27: Anna Holleman and Lisa A. Keister: Religion and Sociology of Wealth Accumulation 28: Sarah J. Melcher: Religion and Ecological Economic Ethics 29: Jaco Beyers: Religion and Poverty 30: Richard Madsen and William M. Sullivan: Religion and Inequality 31: Sumaia A. Al-Kohlani: Religion and Feminist Economic Ethics 32: Mehmet Ciftci: Religion and Socioeconomic Injustice 33: Joerg Rieger and Aaron Stauffer: Religion and Socialism 34: Albino Barrera: Analytical Synthesis: Religion and Economic Ethics Index

Albino Barrera is Professor of Economics and Theology at Providence College (RI, USA). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology. His research and teaching explore the interface of theology, philosophy, and economics. His recent books include Compassion-Justice Conflicts and Christian Ethics (2023), Catholic Missionaries and their Work with the Poor (2019), and Biblical Economic Ethics (2013). Roy C. Amore is Professor of Political Science at University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada). He teaches and publishes on both Eastern and Western religions, with a focus on their interaction with political parties, policies, and legislation. His first book, Two Masters, One Message (1978), compared the lives and teachings of the Buddha and Jesus. He has authored or edited ten books and numerous book chapters and articles.

Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics

It is no easy task to create a handbook for such a broad field as the relationship between religions and economic ethics, and the two editors and 39 additional authors are to be commended on their significant achievement ... It is a compliment, and not a criticism, to say that the book raises some important questions, one of which is whether we should understand a religious tradition in relation to its foundational and other texts or as a lived reality. The chapters lie in different places on the spectrum between these two understandings ... This new Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics is an important event. * Malcolm Torry, Theology 127 * I recommend the Handbook as a precious source of knowledge and wisdom coming from all religions. * Paolo Santori, Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion *