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Subject(s)

• Economics—Moral and ethical aspects [Browse]
• Economics—Ethics—Religious aspects [Browse]
• Religions—Economic aspects [Browse]
• Religious ethics—Economic aspects [Browse]

Editor

• Barrera, Albino [Browse]
• Amore, Roy C., 1942- [Browse]

Series

Oxford handbooks [More in this series]

Summary note

"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."-- Publisher's description.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• About the Contributors
• pt. 1: Survey chapters. A. Worldwide religions. Religions arising In Asia. Hindu economic ethics / Hrishikesh D Vinod, Satish Y. Deodhar
• Jain economic ethics / Atul K. Shah
• Buddhist economic ethics / Roy C. Amore
• Sikh economic ethics / Pashaura Singh
• Confucian economic ethics / Yong Huang
• Daoist economic ethics / Rory O'Neill, Hans-Georg Moeller
• Religions arising in the Middle East. Jewish economic ethics / Asher Meir
• Christian economic ethics / Albino Barrera
• Islamic economics / M. Kabir Hassan, Aishath Muneeza
• Baháʼí economic ethics / Hooshmand Badee
• B. Regional religions. Chinese popular religion and economy / Mayfair Yang
• Shinto economic ethics / Tomoko Iwasawa
• . Aboriginal Australian spirituality and economy / Victoria Grieves Williams
• Akan traditional religion and economic Ethics / Rose Mary Amenga-Etego
• Aztec religious economic ethics / Richard E. Blanton
• Native American spirituality and economic ethics / Joseph Scott Gladstone
• pt. 2: Thematic chapters. A. Business and public policy themes. Religion and finance / Ahmad Kaleem, Saima Ahmad
• Religion and business ethics / Edmund Newell
• Religion and non-​capitalist market analysis / Ulrich Duchrow
• Religion and work / K. Praveen Parboteeah, Sahrok Kim
• Religion and economic cooperation and competition / Katalin Botos
• Religion and basic goods provision / Kenneth A. Reinert
• Religion and agriculture / Todd LeVasseur
• Religion and development work / Matthew Clarke
• B. Social themes. Religion and altruism / Bruce Chilton
• Religion and consumerism / David Cloutier
• Religion and sociology of wealth accumulation / Anna Holleman, Lisa A. Keister
• Religion and ecological economic ethics / Sarah J. Melcher
• Religion and poverty / Jaco Beyers
• Religion and inequality / Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan
• Religion and feminist economic ethics / Sumaia A. Al-Kohlani
• Religion and socio-​economic injustice / Mehmet Ciftci
• Religion and socialism / Joerg Rieger, Aaron Stauffer
• Analytical synthesis : religion and economic ethics / Alfino Barrera
• Index.

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Other title(s)

• Handbook of religion and economic ethics
• Religion and economic ethics

ISBN

• 9780192894328 ((hardback))
• 0192894323 ((hardback))

OCLC

1420488924

Doi

• 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192894328.001.0001

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