Religion And Economics Normative Social Theory

Author : J.M. Dean,A. M. C. Waterman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 205 pages
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Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401144018

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Religion and Economics: Normative Social Theory by J.M. Dean,A. M. C. Waterman Pdf

Normative Social Theory James M. Dean and A. M. C. Waterman University of Manitoba 1. Economics and Religion Once Again This hook is a sequel to Economics and Religion: Are They Distinct? (Brennan and Waterman 1994). That volume was motivated by a frustration born of many disappointing encounters between economists and theologians in the 1980s. Can bishops, synods, and other voices of organized religion bring any interesting (and disinterested) contribution to the public policy debate? If so, what is the relation of their contribution to that of the purely "secular" knowledge economists believe they can supply? Can economists bring any interesting (and disinterested) contribution to the public policy debate? If so, what is the relation of their contribution to the fundamental values that inform social ethics and that are still guarded to a large extent by religious tradition? All too often the two sides talked at cross-purposes. Well-intentioned economists coexisted for a few hours or days with well intentioned theologians whose manner of conceiving social reality was radically incompatible with their own. There seemed to be no common ground. The first requisite of any genuine conversation is an agreed conceptual framework that is able to accommodate the peculiar social vision both of the economist and of theologian, and to display the logical relation between the two.

Author : Bryan S Turner
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1991-09-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015022023280

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Religion and Social Theory by Bryan S Turner Pdf

The second edition of this major book on the social analysis of religion incorporates a substantial new introduction by Bryan S Turner. Religion and Social Theory assesses the different theoretical approaches to the social function of religion. Turner discusses at length the ideas of key contributors to these approaches (including Engels, Durkheim, Weber, Nietzsche, Freud, Parsons, Marcuse, Habermas and Foucault). In so doing, he develops a distinctive perspective on the role of religion as an institutional link between economic and human reproduction. Social theories of religion are explored through a resolutely comparative and historical analysis of the Abrahamic faiths - Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Relating c

Author : Bryan S. Turner
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Publishers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X000628386

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Religion and Social Theory by Bryan S. Turner Pdf

Author : Philip A Mellor
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412933179

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Religion, Realism and Social Theory by Philip A Mellor Pdf

`Philip Mellor′s ambition is to save sociology from itself...or to save society from the sociologists. He has written a brilliant polemic and theoretically rich argument against the many fashionable contemporary social theories that provide acquiescent ′post-societal′ endorsements of the economic and technological forces that are ′hollowing out′ the religious, moral and human dimensions of societies. I am tremendously impressed′ - Kenneth Thompson, Professor of Sociology at the Open University Religion, Realism and Social Theory challenges those contemporary sociologists who argue that the notion of ′society′ is an outmoded basis for sociological analysis and instead revitalizes the idea that sociology is truly ′the study of society′. Through a bold and original argument, Philip Mellor returns the human and religious aspects of social life to the centre of social theory, drawing on a vast range of contemporary social theoretical literature in the process. The book: " comprehensively reassesses what societies are " offers a detailed critique of current failings in social theory " draws out the religious underpinnings of social life " throws fresh light on the religious, cultural and social conflicts that appear to herald a new period of global disorder Religion, Realism and Social Theory will stimulate debate amongst academics and students of sociology and social theory, cultural studies and the sociology of religion.

Author : Marc Tool
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 373 pages
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Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351304870

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The Discretionary Economy by Marc Tool Pdf

The Discretionary Economy argues that we do in fact control our own political and economic destinies. As a community, we have discretion over policies that determine whether an economic process adequately provides for the necessities of life. We also determine who participates in normative public judgments and whether decisions distinguish between what is and what ought to be. Tool argues that we must continuously organize the institutional structures through which economic and political functions in the social process are carried on. We must exercise discretion by creating and modifying institutions that coordinate our behavior. To exercise discretion effectively requires that we employ distinctively American economic, political, and philosophical theory. In this volume, the pivotal twentieth-century contributors to this encompassing theory of political economy are Thorstein Veblen, John Dewey, Clarence Ayres, and R. Fagg Foster. This volume presents, in detail, their analytical and philosophical perspective on social change. A major purpose of this volume is to compare and contrast the American tradition with the traditions of capitalism, Marxism, and fascism, demonstrating that the former can resolve compelling economic and political problems and the latter two cannot. This book explains how to identify and analyze social, economic, and political problems confronted in all communities, and how to go about framing and implementing structural adjustments in the political economy. It will be of interest to students in non-traditional courses in political economy including institutional economics, contemporary social problems, economics and social policy, methodology, and contemporary economic thought.

Author : Andrew McKinnon,Marta Trzebiatowska
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317053026

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Sociological Theory and the Question of Religion by Andrew McKinnon,Marta Trzebiatowska Pdf

Religion lies near the heart of the classical sociological tradition, yet it no longer occupies the same place within the contemporary sociological enterprise. This relative absence has left sociology under-prepared for thinking about religion’s continuing importance in new issues, movements, and events in the twenty-first century. This book seeks to address this lacunae by offering a variety of theoretical perspectives on the study of religion that bridge the gap between mainstream concerns of sociologists and the sociology of religion. Following an assessment of the current state of the field, the authors develop an emerging critical perspective within the sociology of religion with particular focus on the importance of historical background. Re-assessing the themes of aesthetics, listening and different degrees of spiritual self-discipline, the authors draw on ethnographic studies of religious involvement in Norway and the UK. They highlight the importance of power in the sociology of religion with help from Pierre Bourdieu, Marx and Critical Discourse Analysis. This book points to emerging currents in the field and offers a productive and lively way forward, not just for sociological theory of religion, but for the sociology of religion more generally.

Author : Mitsutoshi Horii
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030875169

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'Religion’ and ‘Secular’ Categories in Sociology by Mitsutoshi Horii Pdf

Informed by ‘critical religion’ perspective in Religious Studies and postcolonial self-reflection in Sociology, this book interrogates the ideas of ‘religion’ and ‘the secular’ in social theory and Sociology. It argues that as long as social theory and sociological discourse embed the religion-secular distinction and locate themselves on the ‘secular’ side of the binary, Sociology will continue to serve the very ideologies it tries to subvert – namely Western modernity/coloniality.

Author : Bulent Diken
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317745167

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God, Politics, Economy by Bulent Diken Pdf

The book intervenes into the contemporary debate on religion, politics, and economy, focusing on the field of formation which emerges as these seemingly autonomous spheres encounter one another. Empirically, it concentrates on examples from literature, theatre, and cinema as well as a case study of the recent revolts in Turkey where a ‘moderate’ Islamic government is in power. Theoretically, its focus is on the contemporary ‘return’ of religion in the horizon of the critique of religion, seeking to articulate an affirmative politics that can re-evaluate the value of dominant values in religious governance and governance of religion.

Author : Lionel Obadia,Donald C. Wood
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780522289

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Economics of Religion by Lionel Obadia,Donald C. Wood Pdf

Explores the fresh paradigms of 'religious economics' and 'economies of religion' under the scope of transdisciplinary and international perspectives. This title examines and appraises some of the theoretical developments and methodological innovations in religious and social sciences.

Author : Mary E. Hobgood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0877227543

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Catholic Social Teaching and Economic Theory by Mary E. Hobgood Pdf

Drawing upon a lively debate within the field of social theory, Mary E. Hobgood argues that the paradigm conflict between orthodox neoclassical and radical economic models is reflected in Catholic documents that address economic justice. She maintains that dynamics within Catholic teaching are explicable only in terms of this clash of fundamentally opposing perspectives. This study shows how normative values of social justice are always tied to a particular social theory or model of society. When assumptions shift from one model to another, the concrete actions mandated by these justice norms change significantly. Consequently, the Catholic social justice tradition contains not only two mutually exclusive analyses of capitalist dynamics, it also has very different interpretations of such norms as economic democracy and a preferential notion for the poor. Hobgood argues that the Church needs to clarify the economic models that inform its social justice mandates and to assess those models for their compatibility with the Church's moral concerns, otherwise, Catholic social teaching's interpretations of justice and how Christians must act for it remain inconsistent.

Author : Marc Fleurbaey,Maurice Salles,John A. Weymark
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642178078

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Social Ethics and Normative Economics by Marc Fleurbaey,Maurice Salles,John A. Weymark Pdf

This collection of thirteen essays on social ethics and normative economics honouring Serge-Christophe Kolm's seminal contributions to this field addresses the following questions: How should the public sector price its production and services? What are the normative foundations of criteria for comparing distributions of riches and advantages? How should intergenerational social immobility and inequality in circumstances be measured? What is a fair way to form partnerships? How vulnerable to manipulation is the Lindahl rule for allocating public goods? What are the properties of Kolm's ELIE tax proposal? Would the addition of EU-level income taxes enhance equity? How should we compare different scenarios for future societies with different population sizes? How can domain conditions in social choice theory be justified using Kolm's epistemic counterfactuals? How can Kolm's distributive liberal contract be implemented? What are the implications of norms of reciprocity for the organization of society? The answers to these questions give major insight into the state-of-the-art of social ethics and normative economics and are thus an indispensable source for researchers in both of these fields.

Author : James A. Beckford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521774314

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Social Theory and Religion by James A. Beckford Pdf

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Author : Sean Doherty
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198703334

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Theology and Economic Ethics by Sean Doherty Pdf

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oxford, 2012 under title Moral theological method in the theological ethics of Martin Luther and Arthur Rich, with particular reference to their economic ethics.

Author : Paul van Geest
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004501706

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Morality in the Marketplace by Paul van Geest Pdf

In this essay, Paul van Geest pleads for a renewal of the old ties between economics and theology as scientific disciplines, so as to arrive at a deeper and richer anthropological fundament for economic research.

Author : Inger Furseth,Pål Repstad
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000934694

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An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion by Inger Furseth,Pål Repstad Pdf

What are religion and nonreligion? How do fundamentalism and religious radicalization emerge and grow? How do social class, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and other factors affect religious beliefs, practices, and organizations? Is religion a fundamental driving force or do political leaders use religion for their own purposes? In exploring these pertinent questions, An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion provides an overview of sociological theories of contemporary religious life. Theoretical discussion is accompanied by presentations of empirical research from several religious traditions in many parts of the world. The sociology of religion is linked closely to developments in general sociology. Some chapters are organized according to topic, while others offer brief presentations of classical and contemporary sociologists from Karl Marx to Patricia Hill Collins and their perspectives on social life, including on religion. This second edition has been thoroughly updated throughout with new chapters on religion and social inequalities, social and religious movements, and extremism. Covering classical sociology of religion as well as contemporary debates and topics, this book is ideal reading for students approaching the sociology of religion for the first time.