Perspectives on economics : reflections on aspects of the changing British economic system in the context of Christian theology : the report of a Working Group of economists and theologians commissioned by the Industrial and Economic Affairs Committee of the General Synod Board for Social Responsibility
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog1358
- Publication Date
- c1984
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BR 115 E3 P47 1984
- Corporate Author
- Church of England. Board for Social Responsibility. Industrial and Economic Affairs Committee
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- CIO Publishing
- Publication Date
- c1984
- Physical Description
- vii, 82 p. ; 21 x 15 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Includes bibliography: p. 80-81.
- "Some interesting features of our discussion are worth drawing attention to. First, the world of economics is not a closed world. Economic values are not self-justifying, but need to be set in the larger context of human values. .... Secondly, the Christian tradition has something important to contribute to these fundamental choices .... Thirdly, the methods which the economist and the theologian employ are not totally dissimilar ...". -- Intro., pp. 2-3.
- Contents divided into three main sections: Methods and Context -- Economic Institutions -- Reflections.
- Contents: Foreword dated September 1984 / Rt. Rev. Simon Lincoln i.e. Simon Phipps Bishop of Lincoln, Chairman, Industrial and Economic Affairs Committee -- Introduction -- What Economics is about / Donald Hay -- What Theology is About / Peter Baelz -- The Dynamics of Change in Modern Economies / John Hughes -- The Solutions Economists Offer / Donald Hay -- The Business Enterprise / John Pickering -- The Community of Work / John Hughes -- The State / John Hughes -- A Christian Point of View / Peter Baelz.
- Added Entry
- Baelz, Peter (Peter Richard), 1923-2000
- Hay, Donald A. (Donald Andrew), 1944-
- Hughes, John (John Dennis), 1927-2013
- Pickering, John (John Frederick), 1939-
- Subjects
- Economics - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Economics - Religious aspects - Church of England
- Great Britain - Economic conditions
- ISBN
- 0-7151-6563-1
- Call Number
- BR 115 E3 P47 1984
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)