Economists and theologians usually inhabit different intellectual worlds. Economists investigate the workings of markets and tend to set ethical questions aside. Theologians, anxious to take up concerns raised by market outcomes, often dismiss economics and lose insights into the influence of...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1​. To Serve God or Mammon? The Dialogue between Theology and Economics -- 2. The Rational Choice Model and Its Limitations -- 3. Happiness and the Distinctively Human Exercise of Practical Reason: The Metaphysical Backdrop -- 4....

This book contributes to the development of a relational view of economics. Bringing together experts from various disciplines, it offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the study of relational transactions. In contrast to discrete market transactions as a traditional subject of economic...