For centuries, churches were the main institutional providers of welfare in Europe before the state took over this role in the late 19th century. The influence of modernization theory meant that modern welfare state theorists increasingly regarded religion and its impact on welfare as a relic...

Markets and coercive pecuniary externalities -- The regressive incidence of unintended burdens -- Economic security as God's twofold gift -- Retrieving the biblical principle of restoration -- Economic rights-obligations as diagnostic framework -- Application : the case of agricultural...