Once economics came to be understood as the scientific investigation of the operation of markets, economic theorists … had no more jurisdiction over the discipline of economics than they did over other scientific disciplines. On one side … has often been understood as part of secularization, yet, economics and theology have often intersected since the …

Recently, some theological ethicists have criticized modern economics for offering a rival theology that undermines an … appreciation for creation and God’s gifts. In their view, through the logic of opportunity cost, economics substitutes a tragic … world of scarcity for God’s abundance. Further, the focus in economics on maximizing utility teaches us to be restless …