Since the founding of the United States, the relationship between religion, particularly Christianity, and the economic system has been viewed as both complementary and antagonistic. Theologians have opted to view Christianity as either religiously legitimating aspects of the economic system or as a prophetic judge of the economic system. / This dissertation examines the various Christian interpretations of the American economic realm, including Puritanism, social Christianity, Catholic economic social teachings, liberation theology and neoconservativism. Special attention is given to how these various Christian interpretations of economics view autonomy, commutative justice and distributive justice. An assessment is made as to why these various interpretations have failed or succeeded in significantly influencing the structure of the American economic system. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-01, Section: A, page: 0421. / Major Professor: John Kelsay. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1995.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77645 |
| Contributors | Smith, William Stanley., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 302 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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