Zadok Paper S98 Autumn 1999
Christian Theology and Economics: a Reading Guide
by Paul Oslington

Christian reflection on particular issues

SOME READERS WILL BE mainly interested in this section of the guide, but I would again emphasise that the approach to particular issues depends on an understanding of the relationships between economics and theology.

An interdisciplinary approach

Catherwood, H.F.R., The Christian in Industrial Society, IVP, London, 1964

Griffiths, Brian, Morality and the Market Place, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1982

Griffiths, Brian, The Creation of Wealth, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1984

Hay, Donald A., Economics Today, A Christian Critique, Apollos, Leicester, 1989

Henry, Carl F., Aspects of Christian Social Ethics, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1964

Hore-Lacy, Ian, Creating Common Wealth, Albatross Books, Sydney, 1985

Storkey, Alan, A Christian Social Perspective, IVP, London, 1979

Stott, John R.W., Issues Facing Christians Today, Marshalls, London, 1983

Wallis, Jim, Agenda for a Biblical People, Harper & Row, New York, 1976

Wallis, Jim, The Soul of Politics, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1995

Wolterstorff, Nicholas, Until Justice and Peace Embrace, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1983.

Governance and the State

Biggar, Nigel and Hay, Donald, 1994, "The Bible, Christian Ethics and the Provision of Social Security", Studies in Christian Ethics, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 43-95

Brennan, Geoffrey, The Christian and the State, Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney, 1983

Hawtrey, Kim, 1985, "Economy and State: a Christian Framework", Interchange, Vol. 36, pp. 41-52

Mason, John D., 1987, "Biblical Teaching on Assisting the Poor", Transformation, Vol. 4, April/June, pp. 1--14

Mason, John D. and Schaefer, Kurt C., 1990, "The Bible, the State and the Economy: a Framework for Analysis", Christian Scholars' Review, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 45-64

Nevile, John, The Root of all Evil: Essays on Economics, Ethics and Capitalism, Australian Council of Churches, Sydney, 1979

Nevile, John, 1988, "Goods, Gospel and Government", Interchange, Vol. 43, pp. 7-17
Economic Growth

Cooper, Ben, (forthcoming), "Chasing After the Wind: the Pursuit of Happiness through Economic Progress", Kategoria

Technology and Work

Banks Robert, All the Business of Life, Albatross Books, Sydney, 1987

Ellul, Jacques, The Technological Society, Knopf, New York, 1964

Preece, Gordon, Changing Work Values, Acorn, Melbourne, 1995,

Schumacher, E.F., Small is Beautiful, Abacus, London, 1973

Schumacher, E.F. The Age of Plenty: a Christian View, St Andrews Press, Edinburgh, 1974

Unemployment, Birnie, Esmond, 1996, "Unemployment: a Christian Response", Association of Christian Economists UK Journal, Vol. 21, pp. 9(32

Storkey, Alan, Transforming Economics, SPCK, London, 1986.

The Environment

Birch, Charles, On Purpose, UNSW Press, Sydney, 1990

Daly, Herman E. (ed.), Steady State Economics, Freeman, San Francisco, 1971

Daly, Herman E, Beyond Growth, Beacon Press, Boston, 1996

Daly, Herman E. and Cobb, John B., For the Common Good, Beacon Press, Massachusetts, 1989

Dean, Judith M., 1997, "Are We Turning Poor Countries into Pollution Havens? Understanding the Trade/Environment Debate", Bulletin of the Association of Christian Economists USA, Fall 1997, pp. 7-14

Hamilton, Clive, The Mystic Economist, Willow Park Press, Canberra, 1994.

Hamilton, Clive and Diesendorf, Mark (eds), Human Ecology, Human Economy, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1997

International Aid and Development

Elliot, Charles, Comfortable Compassion? Poverty, Power and the Church, London, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1987

Remenyi, Joe, Where Credit is Due: Income Generating Programmes for the Poor in Developing Countries, IT, London, 1991

Sider, Ronald J., Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger, 3rd ed., Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1990 (orig. 1977)

Sine, Tom, "Development: its Secular Past and Uncertain Future", in Sine Tom (ed.), The Church in Response to Human Need, MARC, California, 1983

Suter, Keith, Global Agenda: Economics, the Environment and the Nation State, Albatross, Sydney, 1995

Wilber, Charles K. and Jameson, Kenneth P. (eds), The Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1996

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Paul Oslington has been lecturer in economics at Deakin University Geelong since January 1998, after completing a Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Sydney on the relationship between trade and unemployment, and a Bachelor of Divinity from Melbourne College of Divinity. Comments and suggestions on the guide are welcome and he can be contacted at School of Economics, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia 3217. E-mail: osling@deakin.edu.au