Overview
Robert Nelson’s Reaching for Heaven on Earth, Economics as Religion, and The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion Versus Environmental Religion in Contemporary America read almost like a trilogy, exploring and charting the boundaries of theology and economics from the Western foundations of ancient Greece through the traditions that Nelson identifies as “Protestant” and “Roman,” and on into modern economic forms such as Marxism and capitalism, as well as environmentalism. Nelson argues that economics can be a genuine form of religion and that it should inform our understanding of the religious developments of our times. This edition of Economics as Religion situates the influence of his work in the scholarly economic and theological conversations of today and reflects on the state of the economics profession and the potential implications for theology, economics, and other social sciences.
Full Product Details
Author: Robert H. Nelson (University of Maryland)
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition: with a new Epilogue
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.635kg
ISBN: 9780271063768
ISBN 10: 0271063769
Pages: 436
Publication Date: 15 August 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Robert Nelson s Economics as Religion offers a unique set of insights into the social role of the economics profession. . . . The book should be assigned reading for undergraduates in intermediate microeconomics and first-year graduate students in economics. Jennifer Roback, Journal of Markets and Morality The best recent study of the subject. Samuel Brittan, Financial Times Robert Nelson has written what may be the most important recent book on the future of the economics profession. Andrew Morriss, Books and Culture An economic theorist himself, Nelson elegantly exposes his firm understanding of the history of economic theory. . . . He is in fact perfectly at ease venturing into theological and religious history, persuasively establishing parallels between the economic and religious realms. Aren E. Annus, Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions An economic theorist himself, Nelson elegantly exposes his firm understanding of the history of economic theory. . . . He is in fact perfectly at ease venturing into theological and religious history, persuasively establishing parallels between the economic and religious realms. --Aren E. Annus, Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions Robert Nelson has written what may be the most important recent book on the future of the economics profession. --Andrew Morriss, Books and Culture Robert Nelson's Economics as Religion offers a unique set of insights into the social role of the economics profession. . . . The book should be assigned reading for undergraduates in intermediate microeconomics and first-year graduate students in economics. --Jennifer Roback, Journal of Markets and Morality The best recent study of the subject. --Samuel Brittan, Financial Times An economic theorist himself, Nelson elegantly exposes his firm understanding of the history of economic theory. . . . He is in fact perfectly at ease venturing into theological and religious history, persuasively establishing parallels between the economic and religious realms. Aren E. Annus, Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions Robert Nelson has written what may be the most important recent book on the future of the economics profession. Andrew Morriss, Books and Culture Robert Nelson s Economics as Religion offers a unique set of insights into the social role of the economics profession. . . . The book should be assigned reading for undergraduates in intermediate microeconomics and first-year graduate students in economics. Jennifer Roback, Journal of Markets and Morality The best recent study of the subject. Samuel Brittan, Financial Times An economic theorist himself, Nelson elegantly exposes his firm understanding of the history of economic theory. . . . He is in fact perfectly at ease venturing into theological and religious history, persuasively establishing parallels between the economic and religious realms. Aren E. Annus, Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions Robert Nelson has written what may be the most important recent book on the future of the economics profession. Andrew Morriss, Books and Culture Robert Nelson s Economics as Religion offers a unique set of insights into the social role of the economics profession. . . . The book should be assigned reading for undergraduates in intermediate microeconomics and first-year graduate students in economics. Jennifer Roback, Journal of Markets and Morality The best recent study of the subject. Samuel Brittan, Financial Times An economic theorist himself, Nelson elegantly exposes his firm understanding of the history of economic theory. . . . He is in fact perfectly at ease venturing into theological and religious history, persuasively establishing parallels between the economic and religious realms. --Aren E. Annus, Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions Robert Nelson has written what may be the most important recent book on the future of the economics profession. --Andrew Morriss, Books and Culture Robert Nelson's Economics as Religion offers a unique set of insights into the social role of the economics profession. . . . The book should be assigned reading for undergraduates in intermediate microeconomics and first-year graduate students in economics. --Jennifer Roback, Journal of Markets and Morality The best recent study of the subject. --Samuel Brittan, Financial Times
An economic theorist himself, Nelson elegantly exposes his firm understanding of the history of economic theory. . . . He is in fact perfectly at ease venturing into theological and religious history, persuasively establishing parallels between the economic and religious realms. --Aren E. Annus, Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
An economic theorist himself, Nelson elegantly exposes his firm understanding of the history of economic theory. . . . He is in fact perfectly at ease venturing into theological and religious history, persuasively establishing parallels between the economic and religious realms. --Aren E. Annus, Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions The best recent study of the subject. --Samuel Brittan, Financial Times Robert Nelson has written what may be the most important recent book on the future of the economics profession. --Andrew Morriss, Books and Culture Robert Nelson's Economics as Religion offers a unique set of insights into the social role of the economics profession. . . . The book should be assigned reading for undergraduates in intermediate microeconomics and first-year graduate students in economics. --Jennifer Roback, Journal of Markets and Morality
An economic theorist himself, Nelson elegantly exposes his firm understanding of the history of economic theory. . . . He is in fact perfectly at ease venturing into theological and religious history, persuasively establishing parallels between the economic and religious realms. Aren E. Annus, Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
Author Information
Robert H. Nelson is Professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland.
