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Miroslav Volf and David French discuss economy, morality, and human flourishing—looking in particular at the questions of whether capitalism and conservative moral values can coexist, and how the demands of Jesus’s ethics implicate free market economy.
Jul 10, 2017 · Calvin never accepted capitalism unconditionally. While the first Christian theologian to embrace the use of interest on money—the Catholic Church had long held rules against usury—he also qualified its use.
Feb 29, 2020 · While some Christian theologians endorse capitalism, others offer critical reflections and propose alternative economic systems, rooted in Christian traditions and practices as well as in broad historical and cultural shifts.
- Joerg Rieger
- 14, Issue5
- 29 February 2020
There is then a fairly strong basis for which one may say capitalism is compatible with Christian ethics. At the same time, I’d like to close by reminding us that Christian values callus always to be careful of idolatry.
Jul 10, 2021 · Global capitalism seems to be placing democracy, especially liberal democracy, under considerable stress. Support for populism has surged, especially for extreme right parties with populist and authoritarian programs.
Benjamin Friedman’s Religion and the Rise of Capitalism challenges scholarly truisms by showing how a set of Protestant theological claims influenced economic thought and practice. By Devin Singh Current
Dec 5, 2019 · It provides a detailed reflection on democracy, religion, Christianity, and society. Starting with Maritain and “Christianity and Democracy,” this paper will discuss how these two universes—Christianity and democracy—have lived in permanent tension and fickle distances.
