Adam Smith as Theologian (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Oslington, Paul

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers the theological background and meaning of Smith's work. Adam Smith as Theologian gathers a group of eminent economists, historians, philosophers, and theologians to reflect on these questions, examining the extent to which even contemporary economics may contain residues of Smith's theological mores.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136721991
• Artikelnr.: 38270469

Autorenporträt

Paul Oslington holds a unique chair jointly in the School of Business and School of Theology at Australian Catholic University. He was previously Associate Professor of Economics at University of New South Wales, and held visiting positions at University of Oxford, University of British Columbia and Regent College Vancouver, and Princeton Theological Seminary and University. His PhD in Economics and Master of Economics/Econometrics with honours were completed at the University of Sydney, and Bachelor of Divinity through Melbourne College of Divinity.

Inhaltsangabe

@content:Introduction: Theological Readings of Smith. Paul Oslington Part
I: Smith in Context 1. The Influence of Religious Thinking on the Smithian
Revolution. Benjamin Friedman 2. Adam Smith, Theology and Natural Law
Ethics. John Haldane 3. Sympathy and Domination: Adam Smith, Happiness, and
the Virtues of Augustinianism. Eric Gregory 4. Christian Freedom in
Political Economy: The Legacy of John Calvin in the Thought of Adam Smith.
Joe Blosser 5. Divine Action, Providence and Adam Smith's Invisible Hand.
Paul Oslington Part II: Analysis and Assessment of Adam Smith's Theology
6. Adam Smith, Natural Theology, and the Natural Sciences. Peter Harrison
7. How High Does The Impartial Spectator Go? James Otteson 8. Adam Smith's
Theodicy. Brendan Long 9. From Civil to Political Economy: Adam Smith's
Theological Debt. Adrian Pabst 10. Man and Society in Adam Smith's Natural
Morality: The Impartial Spectator, the Man of System, and the Invisible
Hand. Ross B. Emmett 11. A Visible Hand: Contemporary Lessons from Adam
Smith. Paul S. Williams