Money as God?

Herausgeber: Hagen, Jürgen von; Welker, Michael

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The nature of money and its impact on society has long interested scholars of economics, history, philosophy, law, and theology alike, and the recent financial crisis has moved these issues to the forefront of current public debate. In this study, authors from a range of backgrounds provide a unified examination of the nature and the purpose of money. Chapters cover the economic and social foundations of money; the historical origins of money in ancient Greece, China, the ancient Middle East, and medieval Europe; problems of justice connected to the use of money in legal systems and legal settlements, with examples both from ancient history and today; and theological aspects of monetary and market exchange. This stimulating interdisciplinary book, with its nontechnical and lively discussion, will appeal to a global readership working in the interfaces of economics, law and religion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 468
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 823g
• ISBN-13: 9781107043008
• ISBN-10: 110704300X
• Artikelnr.: 40845647

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Jürgen von Hagen and Michael Welker; Part I. Money and
Markets: Economic, Legal, and Theological Foundations: 1. Microfoundations
of the uses of money Jürgen von Hagen; 2. Money and its role in a
decentralized market economy Peter Bernholz; 3. Mensura et mensuratum:
money as measure and measure for money Wolfgang Ernst; 4. Standardization
and monetization: legal perspectives Burkhard Hess; 5. Kohelet and the
co-evolution of a monetary economy and religion Michael Welker; Part II.
Monetary Exchange: Historical and Social Roots: 6. Money and image: the
presence of the state on the routes of economy Tonio Hölscher; 7. The
social world of Ecclesiastes Choon-Leong Seow; 8. The development of
monetary systems in Palestine during the Achaemenid and Hellenistic eras
Ulrich Hübner; 9. Fate's gift economy: the Chinese case of coping with the
asymmetry between man and fate Rudolf G. Wagner; 10. 'Mothers and
children': discourses on paper money during the Song period Hans-Ulrich
Vogel; 11. 'Buying heaven': the prospects of commercialized salvation in
the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries Berndt Hamm; Part III. Monetary
Exchange: Ethical Limits and Challenges: 12. The monetization and
demonetization of the human body: the case of compensatory payments for
bodily injuries and homicide in ancient Near Eastern and ancient Israelite
law books Konrad Schmid; 13. What price do we place on life? Ethical
observations on the limits of law and money in a case of transitional
justice Günter Thomas; 14. Standardized monetization of the market and the
argument for preferential justice Piet Naudé; 15. Religious faith and the
market economy: a survey on faith and trust of Catholic entrepreneurs in
China Gao Shining and Yang Fenggang; Part IV. Money, Wealth, and Desire:
16. 'Do not sell your soul for money': economy and eschatology in biblical
and intertestamental traditions Andreas Schüle; 17. 'Businessmen and
merchants will not enter the places of my father': early Christianity and
market mentality Edmondo F. Lupieri; 18. Desire in consumer culture:
theological perspectives from Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine of Hippo John
F. Hoffmeyer; Money as God?: conclusions Michael Welker and Jürgen von
Hagen; Index.