Theology and Economics Index

INTRODUCTION

Introduction

THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE (Visio Dei and Missio Dei)

Creation

Shalom

Rebel Eikons

Vain Illusions

Renewing Shalom

Israel and the Coming Shalom

The New (Jeru)shalom

A Summary Narrative

Remembering the Whole Story

CORE ETHICS

Having the Mind and Heart of God. (Part 1)

Having the Mind and Heart of God. (Part 2)

Paul’s Subversion of the Empire

Vision, Mission, Ethic and Call

ECONOMICS IN CONTEXT

Why Economics?

Interpretive Considerations

Creation Implications

Fall Implications

Eschatological Implications

A Summary so Far

ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC OBLIGATIONS

Rights, Obligations and Justice

Justice in the Old Testament

Distributive Justice

Commutative Justice

Remedial Justice

Jubilee Code

Jubilee Implications

New Testament Implications

(Index so Far)

THE CAUSES OF PROSPERITY

The Causes of Prosperity

Property Rights (Part 1)

Property Rights (Part 2)

Scientific Rationalism

Capital Markets (Part 1)

Capital Markets (Part 2)

Capital Markets (Part 3)

Capital Markets (Part 4)

Technology and Infrastructure (Part 1)

Technology and Infrastructure (Part 2)

Prosperity and the Christian Ethos

FURTHER REFLECTIONS

A Quick Review

Is Capitalism Christian?

A Matter of Will

Subsidiarity

The Church

Self Interest

The Virtue Dilemma

Capitalism is not a Synonym for Materialistic Individualism

Enlightenment Impact

The Impact of Liberal Foundationalism

The Impact of Conservative Foundationalism

The Gnostic Thread Through Church History

Contemporary Gnositcs (Part 1)

Contemporary Gnostics (Part 2)

The Clergy and Laity Dualism

Ministry

Pope John Paul II on the “Lay Faithful”

Cathedral Built of Eikons

Ecclesia and Diaspora

Priest, Prophet and King

The Elemental Institution

Equipping

Ordering

“But I don’t want to be priest, prophet or king.”

Two Applications

Polarity Management

APPLICATIONS: Ecology

Two Ecos

Eikons and Environment in a Fallen World

Personal Stewardship and Spiritual Formation

The Disintegration of Holistic Environmental Stewardship

Environmental Externalities and the Dyanmics of Growth

Demographic Transition and the Environment

Economic Growth and Future Resources

Climate Change (Part 1)

Climate Change (Part 2)

Climate Change (Part 3)

APPLICATIONS: Poverty

Prosperity

Two Kinds of Poverty

Making Stewards of the Absolute Poor

The Question of Relative Poverty

Missing Resources and Poverty

The Relative Poverty Conundrum

The Answer to Poverty is Stewardship

CONCLUSION AND INDEX

Conclusion and Index