1 Introduction
2 Natural Theology: Philosophical and Historical Issues
Introduction
Natural theology and scripture
Varieties 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 the 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
Explaining the separation of economics from theology
Explaining the demise of natural theology
The demise of natural theolog
Paul Oslington is Professor of Economics and Dean of Business at Alphacrucis College in Sydney, Australia. He previously held a joint appointment as Professor in the Schools of Business and Theology at Australian Catholic University, and before that Associate Professor of Economics at the University of New South Wales, along with visiting positions at the University of Oxford, University of British Columbia, Regent College Vancouver and Princeton Theological Seminary and University. He is also an honorary Research Professor at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture in Canberra.
'Oslington’s work adds clarity to the ongoing battle among
intellectual historians for the right to narrate the history of
economic thought. In a world where economic principles are often
endowed with ‘natural’ authority, people on both ends of the
economic spectrum have something to gain by claiming thinkers such
as Adam Smith as their intellectual ancestors. As an expert in the
ongoing dialogue between economics and Christian theology,
Oslington is uniquely placed to explore this foundational period of
economic tradition.' Kathryn D. Blanchard, Alma College"The last
two decades have seen a notable “turn to religion,” as it has been
called in a
variety of academic disciplines, including economics. Part of this
movement is
increased attention to the relationship between economics and
religion, and particu>larly theology, from a historical
perspective. Paul Oslington’s work on theology
and economics, including an earlier edited volume (Adam Smith as
Theologian),
stands at the forefront of this revisionist program, which aims
both to more properly
ground historical understandings of the origins of political
economy as well as to use
that grounding as a way to begin to reconcile—if not
reunite—theology and political
economy."—Jordan J. Ballor, HOPE reviews
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