A Christian critique of the spirituality of free market: from the perspectives of 'freedom' and 'market spirituality'.

Ip Hon Ho. / Thesis (M.Div.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-82). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.3 / Chapter 2. --- Different beliefs of the free market --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Market' as invisible hand guided by self-interest --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Market as a platform to promote prosperity of life and freedom --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- Market as a place of competition --- p.8 / Chapter 2.4 --- Market as a self-regulating system --- p.9 / Chapter 2.5 --- Private Property right as the necessary condition for free market economy --- p.9 / Chapter 3. --- Review of contemporary Christian critiques of market --- p.10 / Chapter 3.1 --- Michael Novak: defense of classic liberal economy --- p.11 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- The concept of liberty --- p.11 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- The 'co-creation' role of man --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1.3. --- The tripartite system and the sinful nature of man in a free market economy --- p.13 / Chapter 3.2 --- Rebecca M. Blank: Criticism on Market from an economist and a theologian --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- The model of competitive market --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2.2. --- Conflicting values between beliefs in competitive market with Christian values --- p.15 / Chapter 3.3 --- Paul Tillich's critique on free market --- p.19 / Chapter 3.3.1. --- The religious relevance of Capitalism and Free market --- p.20 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Tillich model of criticism --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Depending Conditions for capitalism: Technical reasons --- p.22 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Criticism of the Spirit of Capitalism and Free market --- p.23 / Chapter 3.3.5 --- Criticism of the form of capitalism --- p.26 / Chapter 3.3.6 --- The big machine --- p.27 / Chapter 3.4 --- The insufficiencies of the above Christian Critique --- p.30 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Michael Novak: --- p.31 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Rebecca Blank --- p.32 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Paul Tillich --- p.32 / Chapter 4. --- The discussion on the freedom in free market --- p.33 / Chapter 4.1 --- Economic Compulsion --- p.34 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Economic reason: Monopolistic power --- p.35 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Political Reason: Political Economy --- p.37 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Short Summary --- p.39 / Chapter 4.2 --- Slavery Characteristics of free market --- p.40 / Chapter 4.3 --- Basic Characteristics of a slavery system --- p.40 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Backgrounds of Slavery system in Greco Roman Empire --- p.41 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Structure of the working relationship: Dehumanized structure --- p.42 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Social status: Alienation --- p.43 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Incentive system: Another form of Economic Compulsion --- p.44 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- Short summary --- p.47 / Chapter 4.4 --- Slavery characteristics of the free market --- p.47 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Working relationship: dehumanized structure --- p.48 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Social status: Alienation --- p.50 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Incentive system: Another form of Economic Compulsion --- p.51 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- Short Summary --- p.54 / Chapter 5. --- The critique of the spirituality of market by the concept of 'market spirituality' --- p.54 / Chapter 5.1 --- The ground of understanding spirituality --- p.55 / Chapter 5.2 --- Basic Characteristics of spirituality --- p.57 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- First-order and second-order experiences of Spirituality --- p.57 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- The trainable quality of Spirituality: Ascetical and Mystical aspect --- p.58 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- The unintentional ascetical aspect of spirituality --- p.59 / Chapter 5.3 --- The understanding and basic assumptions of Market Spirituality --- p.62 / Chapter 5.4 --- The Formation of spirituality in our daily routine --- p.64 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Pathway of knowing in free market --- p.66 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Pathway of acting in free market --- p.67 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Pathway of relating to others in free market --- p.69 / Chapter 5.5 --- Common examples of market spirituality --- p.69 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- Believing in the self-regulatory mechanism --- p.69 / Chapter 5.5.2 --- Competitive spirituality --- p.70 / Chapter 5.5.3 --- Detachment relationship --- p.72 / Chapter 5.5.4 --- Consumerism --- p.73 / Chapter 5.5.5 --- Commodification --- p.74 / Chapter 5.5.6 --- Short summary --- p.75 / Chapter 5.6 --- Theological reflections on market spirituality --- p.76 / Chapter 5.6.1 --- The penetration of the market spirituality into our church and individual life --- p.76 / Chapter 5.6.2. --- Contrast with the Christian Spirituality --- p.77 / Chapter 6. --- Conclusion --- p.79 / Bibliography --- p.80

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_327312
Date January 2010
ContributorsIp, Hon Ho., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Theology.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, iii, 82 leaves ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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