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Political economy as natural theology : Smith, Malthus and their followers / Paul Oslington.

By: Oslington, Paul [author.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge frontiers of political economy: 232.Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018Description: vi, 163 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415454810; 0415454816Subject(s): Economics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Economics -- Religious aspects -- HistoryLOC classification: BR115.E3 | O75 2018Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Natural theology: philosophical and historical ideas. Introduction -- Natural theology and scripture -- Varieties of of natural theology -- The British tradition of scientific natural theology -- Natural theology, creation and providence -- Natural theology and theodicy -- Conclusion -- 3. Early English theological roots of political economy. Introduction -- (Joseph Butler (1692-1752) -- Josiah Tucker ((1713-99) -- William Paley (1743-1805) -- Edmund Burke (1729-97) -- Conclusion -- 4. Adam Smith as natural theologian. Introduction -- Adam Smith's religious background -- Adam Smith's invisible hand -- Adam Smith's theodicy -- The future hope, nature and justice in Smith's system -- Conclusion -- 5. Natural theology and the emergence of political economy: Stewart, Malthus, Sumner and Chalmers. Introduction -- Further Scottish background: Dugald Stewart -- Malthus' Principle of Population and its theodicy -- Development of Malthus' theodicy by JB Sumner -- Malthus' Scottish disciple Thomas Chalmers -- Conclusion -- 6. Progress and tension: Richard Whately and William Whewell. Introduction -- Political economy at Oxford: Nassau Senior and responses by Richard Whately and JH Newman -- Richard Whately -- Political economy at Cambridge: Richard Jones and William Whewell -- Conclusion -- 7. The demise of natural theology and separation of economics from theology. Introduction -- Examining the separation of economics from theology -- Explaining the demise of natural theology -- The demise of natural theology as the separation of economics from theology -- Evolution as a lost opportunity to renew natural theology -- Subsequent developments in Britain, continental Europe and North America -- Conclusion -- 8. Reflections on the contemporary relationship between economics and theology. Introduction -- What can we learn from this episode about what promotes fruitful and unfruitful exchange between economists and theologians? -- Frameworks for contemporary engagement -- Appendix: analysis of key terms in English books -- Bibliography -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Natural theology: philosophical and historical ideas. Introduction -- Natural theology and scripture -- Varieties of of natural theology -- The British tradition of scientific natural theology -- Natural theology, creation and providence -- Natural theology and theodicy -- Conclusion -- 3. Early English theological roots of political economy. Introduction -- (Joseph Butler (1692-1752) -- Josiah Tucker ((1713-99) -- William Paley (1743-1805) -- Edmund Burke (1729-97) -- Conclusion -- 4. Adam Smith as natural theologian. Introduction -- Adam Smith's religious background -- Adam Smith's invisible hand -- Adam Smith's theodicy -- The future hope, nature and justice in Smith's system -- Conclusion -- 5. Natural theology and the emergence of political economy: Stewart, Malthus, Sumner and Chalmers. Introduction -- Further Scottish background: Dugald Stewart -- Malthus' Principle of Population and its theodicy -- Development of Malthus' theodicy by JB Sumner -- Malthus' Scottish disciple Thomas Chalmers -- Conclusion -- 6. Progress and tension: Richard Whately and William Whewell. Introduction -- Political economy at Oxford: Nassau Senior and responses by Richard Whately and JH Newman -- Richard Whately -- Political economy at Cambridge: Richard Jones and William Whewell -- Conclusion -- 7. The demise of natural theology and separation of economics from theology. Introduction -- Examining the separation of economics from theology -- Explaining the demise of natural theology -- The demise of natural theology as the separation of economics from theology -- Evolution as a lost opportunity to renew natural theology -- Subsequent developments in Britain, continental Europe and North America -- Conclusion -- 8. Reflections on the contemporary relationship between economics and theology. Introduction -- What can we learn from this episode about what promotes fruitful and unfruitful exchange between economists and theologians? -- Frameworks for contemporary engagement -- Appendix: analysis of key terms in English books -- Bibliography -- Index.

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