Late modern pluralistic societies are characterized by an infinitely multi-coloured individuality of their citizens and a wealth of associations and groups. This plurality, which is difficult to grasp, is welcomed by many people as a source of freedom, but feared by others inside and by many observers outside as social chaos. However, this plurality is countered by a limited number of so-called social systems, which are to a large extent characterized by organizational, institutional and normative structures and weight. In the theoretical, empirical, and historical contributions to this volume, theologians, economists and market practitioners discuss the many tensions between market economics, ethics and the Christian religion, thus adding to the fruitful and much needed dialogue between economics and theology.
About the Author: Jason Brennan Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Term Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA Michael J. Broyde Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Ginny Seung Choi Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia, USA Samuel Gregg Research Director, Acton Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Katrin Gulden Le Maire Consultant, Paris Peter Lampe Professor of New Testament Theology, Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany Manfred Lautenschlager Founder, MLP Financial Consultants, Wiesloch, Germany Frank J. Lechner Professor of Sociology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Klaus M. Leisinger Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Basel, and Founder and President of the Global Values Alliance Foundation, Basel, Switzerland Piet Naude Director, University of Stellenbosch Business School, Stellenbosch, South Africa Paul Oslington Professor of Economics and Theology, Alphacrucis College, Sydney, Australia Stephen Pickard Bishop in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn and Executive Director of the Australian Center for Christianity and Culture, Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia William Schweiker Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of Theological Ethics, University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, Illinois, USA Virgil Henry Storr Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University, and Don C. Lavoie Senior Fellow and Director of Academic and Student Programs, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA Jurgen von Hagen Professor of Economics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Germany Michael Welker Senior Professor of Theology and Director of the Research Center for International and Interdisciplinary Theology (FIIT), Ruprechts Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany Kaja Wieczorek Researcher, Institute for New Testament, University of Hamburg, Germany John Witte Jr. Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law, Alonzo L. McDonald Distinguished Professor, and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA