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Original essays by distinguished contributors from economics, religious ethics, and biblical studies
List of contents
Preface Part I: Terms for a Dialogue 1. Economics and Liberation Theology Michael Zweig Part II: Religious Perspectives on Economic Justice 2. Values and Economic Structures Norma K. Gottwald 3. An Ethical Critique of Capitalism: Contributions of Modern Catholic Social Teaching Gregory Baum 4. Economic Justice for Whom? Women Enter the Dialogue Pamela K. Brubaker 5. Jewish Liberation Theology and Emancipatory Politics Michael Lerner Part III: Structures of Modern Capitalism 6. Man-Made Starvation in Africa Ann Seidman 7. Global Economic Structures: Their Human Implications Amata Miller, IHM 8. Class and Poverty in the U.S. Economy Michael Zweig Part IV: Political Implication 9. The Economy Produces People: An Introduction to Post-Liberal Democracy Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis 10. Individual and Community in Society and Nature Frances Moore Lappe and J. Baird Callicott Contributors
About the author
Michael Zweig is Professor of Economics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Contributors: Gregory Baum, Samuel Bowles, Pamela K. Brubacker, J. Baird Callicott, Herbert Gintis, Norman K. Gottwald, Francis Moore Lappé, Michael Lerner, Amata Miller, IHM, Ann Seidman, and the editor.
Summary
Contains original essays by distinguished contributors from economics, religious ethics, and biblical studies. This book provides a critique of the individualism which underlies mainstream economic analysis and which fragments our communities, a critique that extends to the values implicit in the market system.
