Capitalism, religion and science (including calculative sciences such as accounting) have a long and turbulent … – a condition fostered by orthodox economics and accounting ideology, where it is now de rigueur to divide the secular … new politics for a progressive accounting; one that seeks to restore the integrity and probity of the Enlightenment Ideal.  …

Purpose – This paper explores the relationship between “stability and change” within with the process of accounting … stability which ultimately contributed to accounting change. Design/methodology/approach – It uses a longitudinal study of a … change. Research limitations/implications – Although there is accounting change within the case study, it is problematic to …

conducted by the forerunner of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). It reveals the influences from four key … stakeholder groups (users, preparers, accountants, and regulators) in order to ascertain why International Accounting Standards … understanding accounting standard setting for international harmonization.  …

suits and white shirts.) Findings – Unfortunately, an examination of contemporary progressive accounting literature exposes … “test’ this methodology, the paper examines four streams of progressive accounting research: professional (e.g. Brilovian …

accounting research. We conclude our reply by urging scholars to intervene in worldly affairs by ensuring that intellectual …

about the prospects for critical accounting research and feel that this is unfortunately a lost opportunity. Originality …

interdisciplinary accounting studies”) and Robert Scapens (“Reactions on reading ‘ The withering of criticism ’”) to Tony Tinker … UK contributions and approaches to critical accounting scholarship.  …

: the sacred secular dichotomy that has been employed in studies of accounting in religious organisations. Originality …/value – This introduction focuses on papers that encourage interdisciplinary research in accounting that draws specifically on …

Purpose – This paper explores the role of accounting in a religious setting and evaluates the sacred‐secular divide … developed by Laughlin and Booth who suggested that accounting is antithetical to religious values, embodying the secular as … opposed to the sacred. Yet Christian thinkers such as Wesley and Neibuhr reject this position and indicate the accounting and …

to consider the potential conflict between the “sacred” agenda of the church and the “secular” nature of accounting … from viewing accounting as an unwelcome intrusion into their church's sacred agenda, integrated belief in their church …/implications – Religion and religious organizations occupy a greater importance in society than academic accounting research would indicate …