Free trade and faithful globalization: saving the market
Through an analysis of Christian communities in the United States, Canada, and Costa Rica, this book analyzes how religious groups talk about the politics surrounding economic life. Amy Reynolds examines how these Christian organizations speak about trade and the economy as moral and value-laden spa...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Cambridge Univ. Press
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | Cambridge studies in social theory, religion and politics
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Economic development
/ Free trade
/ Globalization
/ Economic ethics
/ Religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Economic Development Religious aspects B Economics Religious aspects B Globalization B Religion B Free Trade Social aspects B Free trade B Economic ethics B Free Trade Moral and ethical aspects |
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| Summary: | Through an analysis of Christian communities in the United States, Canada, and Costa Rica, this book analyzes how religious groups talk about the politics surrounding economic life. Amy Reynolds examines how these Christian organizations speak about trade and the economy as moral and value-laden spaces, deserving ethical reflection and requiring political action. She reveals the ways in which religious communities have asked people to engage in new approaches to thinking about the market and how they have worked to create alternative networks and policies governing economic and social life. "Through an analysis of Christian communities in the United States, Canada, and Costa Rica, this book analyzes how religious groups talk about the politics surrounding economic life. Amy Reynolds examines how these Christian organizations speak about trade and the economy as moral and value-laden spaces, deserving ethical reflection and requiring political action. She reveals the ways in which religious communities have asked people to engage in new approaches to thinking about the market and how they have worked to create alternative networks and policies governing economic and social life"-- |
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| ISBN: | 1107078245 |