Money as God?: The Monetization of the Market and its Impact on Religion, Politics, Law and Ethics
Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I Money and markets: economic, legal, and theological foundations; 1Microfoundations of the uses of money; 2Money and its role in a decentralized market economy; 3 Mensura et m...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Edition: | Online-Ausg. |
| Series/Journal: | EBL-Schweitzer
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Money economy
/ Society
/ Influence
/ Religion
/ Ethics
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| Further subjects: | B
Money -- Religious aspects
B Collection of essays B Money B Money -- Philosophy B Money -- Moral and ethical aspects B Money -- Social aspects B Science of Religion B Electronic books B Geldgeschichte B Economic philosophy B Money economy |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
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| Summary: | Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I Money and markets: economic, legal, and theological foundations; 1Microfoundations of the uses of money; 2Money and its role in a decentralized market economy; 3 Mensura et mensuratum:money as measure and measure for money; 4 Standardization and monetization: legal perspectives; 5Kohelet and the co-evolution of a monetary economy and religion; II Monetary exchange: historical and social roots; 6 Money and image: the presence of the state on the routes of economy 7The social world of Ecclesiastes8The development of monetary systems in Palestine during the Achaemenid and Hellenistic Eras; 9Fate's gift economy: the Chinese case of coping with the asymmetry between man and fate; 10 "Mothers and children": discourses on paper money during the Song period; 11 "Buying Heaven": the prospects of commercialized salvation in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries; III Monetary exchange: ethical limits and challenges 12 The monetization and demonetization of the human body: the case of compensatory payments for bodily injuries and homicide in ancient Near Eastern and ancient Israelite law books13What price do we place on life? Ethical observations on the limits of law and money in a case of transitional justice; 14Standardized monetization of the market and the argument for preferential justice; 15 Religious faith and the market economy: a survey on faith and trust of Catholic entrepreneurs in China; IV Money, wealth, and desire 16 "Do not sell your soul for money": economy and eschatology in biblical and intertestamental traditions17 "Businessmen and merchants will not enter the places of my Father": early Christianity and market mentality; 18 Desire in consumer culture: theological perspectives from Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine of Hippo; Money as God?: conclusions; Index An interdisciplinary study of the nature of money and its impact on our economic, social, political, legal and spiritual lives |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1139910906 |