Religious Belief and Economic Behavior: Ancient Israel, Classical Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, and Contemporary Ireland and Africa

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ISBN-13:	9780788505683
Publisher:	University of South Florida
Publication date:	07/01/1999
Series:	South Florida-Rochester-St. Louis Studies in Religion and the Social Order Series , #25
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.32(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.12(d)

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

	Preface	vii
I.	The Weber Thesis Revisited
1.	The Uniqueness of Capitalism, External Ethics, the Rational Organization of Work, and Consistent Theodicies: An Introduction to Weber on Religion and Economics	3
	Response	19
2.	Chasing Max Weber: Some Reflections	29
	Response	43
3.	Max Weber Beyond Economics	49
II.	Economics in Ancient Israelite Religion
4.	The Rich and the Poor as a Theme in the Biblical Prophets	65
	Response	81
	Response	87
III.	Economic Thinking in Classical and Medieval Christianity
5.	Economic Thinking in Classical and Medieval Christianity. The Unity of Market Theory and Morality: The Late-Scholastics as Progenitors	93
	Response	109
IV.	Religious Belief and Economic Behavior in Contemporary Black Africa
6.	Religious Beliefs and Economic Behavior in Contemporary Africa, South of the Sahara: Linking Religion and Development	119
	Response	169
V.	Economics in Classical and Contemporary Islam
7.	Islam and Economic Issues	185
	Response	199
VI.	Economics in Classical and Medieval Judaic Religious Systems
8.	Forms of Ritual Ethos in Ancient Israel: The Case of Sacred Economics	207
9.	The Transformation of Economic Thinking in Classical Judaism. When a Religious System Incorporates An Economics and Then Changes Its Mind	241
	Response	293
VII.	Contemporary Religious Life
10.	Money and New Religious Movements	301
	Response	315
Appendix	Max Weber Revisited: Religion and Society in Ancient Judaism. With Special Reference to the Late First and Second Centuries	325

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