Promoting the Common Good: Bringing Economics and Theology Together Again

According to this provocative critique of globalization, modern economics has become dehumanized and no longer serves the needs of society. Bringing together their expertise, an economist and a theologian reintroduce what has been lacking in the processes of economics and globalization: a moral and spiritual context. Fundamental issues covered include equity and efficiency, production and consumption, economic and spiritual well-being, economic growth and social justice, free and fair trade, and profit maximization and sustainability. Written in a clear, engaging style for both the general reader and the academic, this daring work demonstrates how the most timely issues of economics can be understood by anyone.

Marcus Braybrooke is an Anglican priest, a peace counselor, the president of the World Congress of Faiths, a patron of the International Interfaith Centre in Oxford, a cofounder of the Three Faiths Forum in London, and the author of 1,000 World Prayers, Faith and Interfaith in a Global Age, and What We Can Learn from Islam. Kamran Mofid teaches economics, business studies, international business, and political science. He is the author of The Economic Consequences of the Gulf War and Globalisation for the Common Good. Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford, is the author of God Outside the Box: Why Spiritual People Object to Christianity and After the Evil: Christianity and Judaism in the Shadow of the Holocaust. Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh is the chairman and spiritual successor of the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha in Birmingham, England, and is internationally known for his contributions in the field of education, the Sikh heritage, and inter-religious endeavours.