What is Economic Justice?
Biblical and Secular Perspectives Contrasted
Published on 1. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-84227-434-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book argues that a biblically-rooted account of justice in economic life has three great strengths as opposed to the confusing disarray of views evident in the secular world. First, it is harmonious: the various strands of a scriptural perspective on economic justice are clearly woven together and they find their unity in the person of the God. Secondly, it is substantial: able to engage thoroughly and critically with leading secular perspectives. Thirdly, it is contemporary: applying in powerful and relevant ways to current economic issues in our globalized world. This book indicates how a biblical understanding of production and exchange applies to contemporary topics such as the relationships between borrowers and lenders and the use of monopoly power.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cumbria
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Send The Light
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
354 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84227-434-7 (9781842274347)
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Andrew Hartropp is a church minister and an economist. He lectured in economics for five years at Brunel University, West London and has doctorates in both Economics (University of Southampton) and Christian Ethics (King's College, London). He is currently a Church of England Curate in Watford, Hertfordshire and has published widely on topics in Christianity and economics.