While Protestant reformers aimed to elevate the role of religion, we find that the Reformation produced rapid economic secularization. The interaction between religious competition and political economy explains the shift in investments in human and fixed capital away from the religious sector.
The Declaration of Independence [assumes] an inalienable right to health care, as essential to the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness,
The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri has made a press release about a resolution passed during their Diocesan Convention on November 18. The resolution urges parishes
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby: Creativity is a basic human function, and a good economy is one that enables creativity to happen. That is
Income inequality becomes an issue about the nature of the value of the human being, the dignity of the human being, which is a religious issue. The human being for whom Christ died is of equal value, whoever they are.
Washington Post examines the Reddit thread (What do insanely poor people buy, that ordinary people know nothing about?) on why people who are poor can’t “pull themselves
Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches in England, Scotland and Wales have joined to form The Churches’ Mutual Credit Union Ltd (CMCU). The credit union, which
The Church of England will submit shareholder resolutions to BP and Shell, two of the world’s biggest oil companies, to take responsibility for their carbon footprints,
In a recent interview, Pope Francis commented on the parallels between his social critique and Leninism. He compared Christianity to communism, and commented that in
In a Room for Debate column in the New York Times, several leading voices in theology and social ethics discuss the relationship between capitalism in