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Religious belief and economic behavior : ancient Israel, classical Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, and contemporary Ireland and Africa / edited by Jacob Neusner.

Contributor(s): Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016
Material type: TextTextSeries: South Florida-Rochester-Saint Louis studies on religion and the social order: v. 25.Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, 1999Description: ix, 346 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0788505688 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Economics -- Religious aspects | Economics -- Moral and ethical aspectsDDC classification: 291.1/785 LOC classification: HB72 | .R454 1999Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The uniqueness of capitalism, external ethics, the rational organization of work, and consistent theodicies: an introduction to Weber on religion and economics / Stephen Turner -- Response / Danny L. Jorgensen -- Chasing Max Weber: some reflections / Donald Harman Akenson -- Response / William M. Shea -- Max Weber beyond economics / Siv Illman -- The rich and the poor as a theme in the biblical prophets / Karl-Johan Illman -- Response / Sara Mandell -- Response / Karl-Johan Illman -- Economic thinking in classical and medieval Christianity. The unity of market theory and morality: the late-scholastics as progenitors / Robert A. Sirico -- Response / Bruce D. Chilton -- Religious beliefs and economic behavior in contemporary Africa, south of the Sahara: linking religion and development / Robert J. Cummings -- Response / Mozella G. Mitchell -- Islam and economic issues / Tamara Sonn -- Response / John L. Esposito -- Forms of ritual ethos in ancient Israel: the case of sacred economics / Ithamar Gruenwald -- The transformation of economic thinking in classical Judaism. When a religious system incorporates an economics and then changes its mind / Jacob Neusner -- Response / Daniel J. Elazar -- Money and new religious movements / Tore Ahlbäck -- Response / Dell deChant -- Appendix: Max Weber revisited: religion and society in ancient Judaism. With special reference to the late first and second centuries / Jacob Neusner.

Includes bibliographical references.

The uniqueness of capitalism, external ethics, the rational organization of work, and consistent theodicies: an introduction to Weber on religion and economics / Stephen Turner -- Response / Danny L. Jorgensen -- Chasing Max Weber: some reflections / Donald Harman Akenson -- Response / William M. Shea -- Max Weber beyond economics / Siv Illman -- The rich and the poor as a theme in the biblical prophets / Karl-Johan Illman -- Response / Sara Mandell -- Response / Karl-Johan Illman -- Economic thinking in classical and medieval Christianity. The unity of market theory and morality: the late-scholastics as progenitors / Robert A. Sirico -- Response / Bruce D. Chilton -- Religious beliefs and economic behavior in contemporary Africa, south of the Sahara: linking religion and development / Robert J. Cummings -- Response / Mozella G. Mitchell -- Islam and economic issues / Tamara Sonn -- Response / John L. Esposito -- Forms of ritual ethos in ancient Israel: the case of sacred economics / Ithamar Gruenwald -- The transformation of economic thinking in classical Judaism. When a religious system incorporates an economics and then changes its mind / Jacob Neusner -- Response / Daniel J. Elazar -- Money and new religious movements / Tore Ahlbäck -- Response / Dell deChant -- Appendix: Max Weber revisited: religion and society in ancient Judaism. With special reference to the late first and second centuries / Jacob Neusner.

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