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Taylor and Francis Ltd Theology, Morality and Adam Smith 1st Edition 2022 Hardbound by Ballor, Jordan J.
This work details the theological sources and moral significance of the life and work of the Scottish moral philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790)._x000D__x000D_The panel of contributors deepens our understanding of Adam Smith in his religious and theological context and the significance of this understanding for contemporary moral, economic, and political challenges to modern social life. The chapters cover a broad range of disciplinary and historical concerns, from Smith's view of providence and his famous "invisible hand" to the role of self-interest and benevolence in Smith's social and economic thought. A better appreciation for the moral and theological dimensions of Smith's thought provides not only a better understanding of Smith's own context and significance in the Scottish Enlightenment but also promises to assist in meeting the perennial challenges of properly connecting economic realities to moral responsibility._x000D__x000D_The book is of interest to advanced students and scholars of the history of economic thought, historical and moral theology, intellectual history, political science, and philosophy._x000D_ _x000D_
Introduction: Exploring Adam Smith's Theological Contexts, Sources, and Significance 1. Bourgeois Culture: Understanding Adam Smith's Moral Horizon 2. A Survey of Adam Smith's Theological Sources 3. Calvin and Smith on Providence, Morality, Virtues, and Human Flourishing 4. Self-love and Its Discontents: Trajectories in Reformed Moral Philosophy and Theology before Adam Smith 5. Smith and the Scholastic Tradition on Markets and Their Moral Rationale 6. Adam Smith's Seventeenth-Century French Theological Sources 7. Smith and Enlightened Augustinianism 8. Adam Smith's Theological Hinterland 9. Butler and Smith's Ethical and Theological Framing of Commerce 10. Adam Smith's Theory of the Moral Vicegerents of God 11. Adam Smith's Theology and Virtues as Conditions for the Potential of Free-Market Economies to Contribute to Human Flourishing 12. The Adam Smith Problem Theologically Reconsidered 13. Smith on Moral Agency, and the Moral Significance of Context_x000D_