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Political Economy and Christian Theology since the Enlightenment: Essays in Intellectual History (Studies in Modern History (Palgrave))
Anthony Waterman
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Description for Political Economy and Christian Theology since the Enlightenment: Essays in Intellectual History (Studies in Modern History (Palgrave))
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HRCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 565.
Political economy and Christian theology coexisted happily in the intellectual world of the eighteenth century. During the nineteenth century they came to be seen as incompatible, even mutually hostile. In the twentieth century they went their separate ways and are no longer on speaking terms. These fourteen essays by Anthony Waterman serve as snapshots of the history of this estrangement, and illustrate the gradual replacement of the discourse of theology by that of economics as the rational framework of political debate. Others have recently shown that both political economy and Christian theology are important, though somewhat neglected elements in modern ... Read more
Political economy and Christian theology coexisted happily in the intellectual world of the eighteenth century. During the nineteenth century they came to be seen as incompatible, even mutually hostile. In the twentieth century they went their separate ways and are no longer on speaking terms. These fourteen essays by Anthony Waterman serve as snapshots of the history of this estrangement, and illustrate the gradual replacement of the discourse of theology by that of economics as the rational framework of political debate. Others have recently shown that both political economy and Christian theology are important, though somewhat neglected elements in modern ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Modern History
Number of Pages
333
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403939135
SKU
V9781403939135
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About Anthony Waterman
A. M. C. WATERMAN read economics at Cambridge, studied theology at St John's College, Winnipeg, and earned a doctorate in economics and economic history at the Australian National University. Beginning in 1965, he has published extensively both in economics and theology. Since his tenure of the Maurice Reckitt Fellowship in Christian Social Thought at the University of Sussex he has ... Read more
Reviews for Political Economy and Christian Theology since the Enlightenment: Essays in Intellectual History (Studies in Modern History (Palgrave))
'Overall this is a fascinating and unique survey of a complex set of relationships which plausibly defends a strong thesis about the development of political economy in the context of English theology'. - Mark Chapman, Ecclesiastical History