Economics

Introductions, Surveys & Dictionaries

Buchholz, Todd G., and Martin Feldstein. New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought. New York: Plume, 2007.

Dasgupta, Partha. Economics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Dixit, Avinash. Microeconomics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.

Hammond, Pete, R. Paul Stevens, and Todd Svanoe. The Marketplace Annotated Bibliography: A Christian Guide to Books on Work, Business & Vocation. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2002.*

McCleary, Rachel M., ed. The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Religion. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Medema, Steven G., and Warren J. Samuels, eds. The History of Economic Thought: A Reader; Second Edition. 2nd ed. London ; New York: Routledge, 2013.

Lewis, Alan, ed. The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Norton, Michael I., Derek D. Rucker, and Cait Lamberton, eds. The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Oslington, Paul, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Economics. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.

Samuels, Warren J., Jeff E. Biddle, and John B. Davis, eds. A Companion to the History of Economic Thought. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006.

Theology and Economy Theory

Baddeley, Michelle. Behavioural Economics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.

Basu, Kaushik. Prelude to Political Economy: A Study of the Social and Political Foundations of Economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Claar, Victor V., and Robin J. Klay. Economics in Christian Perspective: Theory, Policy and Life Choices. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2007.*

Foley, Duncan K. Adam’s Fallacy: A Guide to Economic Theology. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2006.

Fulcher, James. Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Gustafson, Scott W. At the Altar of Wall Street: The Rituals, Myths, Theologies, Sacraments, and Mission of the Religion Known as the Modern Global Economy. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015.*

Gwartney, James D., Richard L. Stroup, Dwight R. Lee, and Tawni Hunt Ferrarini. Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity. 2nd ed. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2010.

Harper, Ian R., and Samuel Gregg. Christian Theology and Market Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010.*

Long, D. Stephen. Divine Economy: Theology and the Market. London ; New York: Routledge, 2000.*

Long, D. Stephen, Nancy Ruth Fox, and Tripp York. Calculated Futures: Theology, Ethics, and Economics. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2007.*

Meeks, M. Douglas. God the Economist: The Doctrine of God and Political Economy. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2000.*

Nelson, Robert H. Economics As Religion: From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University, 2002.

Reynolds, Amy. Free Trade and Faithful Globalization: Saving the Market. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Ritenour, Shawn. Foundations of Economics: A Christian View. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2010.*

Tiemstra, John P. Stories Economists Tell: Studies in Christianity and Economics. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2012.*

Weaver, Frederick S. Economic Literacy: Basic Economics with an Attitude. 3rd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.

Witham, Larry. Marketplace of the Gods: How Economics Explains Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.

The Bible on Economics

Blomberg, Craig L. Neither Poverty nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2000.*

Brueggemann, Walter, and Richard Horsley. Money and Possessions. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2016.*

Gonzalez, Justo L. Faith and Wealth: A History of Early Christian Ideas on the Origin, Significance, and Use of Money. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2002.*

Longenecker, Bruce W., and Kelly D. Liebengood, eds. Engaging Economics: New Testament Scenarios and Early Christian Reception. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009.*

Wheeler, Sondra Ely. Wealth As Peril and Obligation: The New Testament on Possessions. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1995.*

Morality and Ethics

Baker, Jennifer A., and Mark D. White, eds. Economics and the Virtues: Building a New Moral Foundation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Barrera, Albino. Economic Compulsion and Christian Ethics. New Studies in Christian Ethics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005.*

Barrera, Albino. Market Complicity and Christian Ethics. New Studies in Christian Ethics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2011.*

Cahill, Lisa Sowle. Global Justice, Christology and Christian Ethics. New Studies in Christian Ethics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2013.*

Gregg, Samuel. For God and Profit: How Banking and Finance Can Serve the Common Good. New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2016.*

Heyne, Paul. “Are Economists Basically Immoral?”: And Other Essays on Economics, Ethics, and Religion. Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2008.

Hicks, Douglas A. Inequality and Christian Ethics. New Studies in Christian Ethics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000.*

Hicks, Douglas A., and Mark Valeri, eds. Global Neighbors: Christian Faith and Moral Obligation in Today’s Economy. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2008.*

Hollenbach, David. The Common Good and Christian Ethics. New Studies in Christian Ethics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002.*

Kidwell, Jeremy, and Sean Doherty, eds. Theology and Economics: A Christian Vision of the Common Good. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.*

O’Brien, Thomas, and Scott Paeth, eds. Religious Perspectives on Business Ethics: An Anthology. Lanham, MD: Sheed & Ward, 2006.

Sedgwick, Peter H. The Market Economy and Christian Ethics. New Studies in Christian Ethics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999.*

Sedlacek, Tomas, and Vaclav Havel. Economics of Good and Evil: The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Smith, Stephen. Environmental Economics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Stackhouse, Max L., Dennis P. McCann, Shirley J. Roels, and Preston N. Williams, eds. On Moral Business: Classical and Contemporary Resources for Ethics in Economic Life. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1995.*

Stapleford, John E. Bulls, Bears and Golden Calves: Applying Christian Ethics in Economics. 3rd ed. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015.*

Sandel, Michael J. What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.

Consumerism

Bell, Daniel M. Jr. The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2012.*

Cavanaugh, William T. Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2008.*

Cox, Harvey. The Market as God. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016.

Metzger, Paul Louis, John M. Perkins, and Donald Miller. Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class Divisions in a Consumer Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2007.*

Miller, Vincent J. Consuming Religion: Christian Faith and Practice in a Consumer Culture. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2005.

Schneider, John R. The Good of Affluence: Seeking God in a Culture of Wealth. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2007.*

Poverty

Baker, David L. Tight Fists or Open Hands?: Wealth and Poverty in Old Testament Law. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009.*

Banerjee, Abhijit, and Esther Duflo. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty. New York: PublicAffairs, 2011.

Corbett, Steve, Brian Fikkert, John Perkins, and David Platt. When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself. Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers, 2014.

Desmond, Matthew. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. New York: Crown, 2016.

Jefferson, Philip N. Poverty: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.

Pilario, Daniel F., Maria Clara Bingemer, Sarojini Nadar, and Lisa Cahill, eds. Concilium 2015/3: Globalization and the Church of the Poor. Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd, 2015.*

Powell, Professor Benjamin. Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the Global Economy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Sachs, Jeffrey. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2006.

Schiller, Bradley R. The Economics of Poverty and Discrimination. 10th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2007.

Sowell, Thomas. Wealth, Poverty and Politics. 2nd ed. New York: Basic Books, 2016.

Work

Banks, Robert. God the Worker: Journeys Into The Mind, Heart, and Imagination of God. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Pub, 2008.*

Banks, Robert Jr, and R. Paul Stevens, eds. The Marketplace Ministry Handbook: A Manual for Work, Money and Business. Vancouver: Regent College Publishing, 2005.*

Cosden, Darrell. The Heavenly Good of Earthly Work. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2006.*

Duzer, Jeff Van. Why Business Matters to God: Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2010.*

Fineman, Stephen. Work: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Hammond, Pete, R. Paul Stevens, and Todd Svanoe. The Marketplace Annotated Bibliography: A Christian Guide to Books on Work, Business & Vocation. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2002.*

Hill, Alexander. Just Business: Christian Ethics for the Marketplace. Revised. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2008.*

Keller, Timothy. Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work. New York: Penguin Books, 2014.*

Laing, Derek. Labor Economics: Introduction to Classic and the New Labor Economics. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011.

Stevens, R. Paul. Doing God’s Business: Meaning and Motivation for the Marketplace. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2006.*

Valler, Paul. Get a Life: Winning Choices for Working People. Nottingham, UK: IVP, 2008.*

Volf, Miroslav. Work in the Spirit: Toward a Theology of Work. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.*

Witherington, Ben. Work: A Kingdom Perspective on Labor. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2011.*

Journals

Faith and Economics

 

*Refers to those written from a Christian perspective.