Economic Order and Religion

First Published in 1998. In this highly fragmented culture of ours books are needed to integrate fields of interest ordinarily considered separately, to state their common problems and to deal with their differences in the light of other criteria than the separate functions and local loyalties of the special interests in themselves. This book was originated with that purpose in mind. Specifically this book deals with the practical dualism of our modern morals. With the traditional Christian ethic at one pole and the variegated, often contradictory assemblage of practices and precepts of our secular life at the other, it has never been co-ordinated or made intelligible from within. Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Liberalism and Christianity, Frank H.Knight; Chapter 2 Religion and Morality in Social Life; Chapter 3 Christianity and Ethics; Chapter 4 Liberal Ethics; Chapter 5 Politics and Ethics in Free Society; Chapter 6 Economics and Political Ethics; Part 2 Economic Ideals of Liberal Christianity, Thornton W.Merriam; Chapter 7 Has Christianity an Economic Responsibility?; Chapter 8 The Outlook for Collaboration Between Economics and Christian Ethics; Chapter 9 Christian Social Ideals; Chapter 10 Economic Implications of Christian Social Ideals; Chapter 11 American Economic Life—An Appraisal; Chapter 12 Economic Intentions of Christianity; Chapter 13 The Churches and Economic Reconstruction; Part 3 Discussion and Critical Comments; Chapter 14 Discussion of Merriam's Essay by Knight; Chapter 15 Discussion of Knight's Essay by Merriam;