Subverting Greed: Religious Perspectives on the Global Economy

In the preface to Subverting Greed, Daisaku Ikeda says. "In our world today, as the powerful forces of the global economy daily exacerbate the crises of global injustice and poverty, all individuals, communities, and corporations are called upon with increasing insistence to rise above the cold logic of the market to demonstrate new models of creative coexistence." This books is an attempt by scholars from seven religious traditions to do just this. Ifi Amadiume does so from an African Igbo perspective, Swami Agnivesh from a Hindu, David Loy from a Buddhist, Zhou Qin from a Confucianist, Norman Solomon from a Jewish, Sallie McFague from a Christian, and Ameer All from a Muslim perspective. Paul F. Knitter introduces the book and provides a Christian perspective on these matters, and Chandra Muzaffar offers concluding reflections.

Dr. Ameer Ali (B.A. Ceylon, M.Phil London, Ph.D Western Australia) is a lecturer in economics at the University of Western Australia.

Dr. Ifi Amadiume is a full Professor of Religion and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Religion and the AAAS Program at Dartmouth College.

Professor of Theology Emeritus at Xavier University, Cincinnati, and co-editor Paul Knitter received a Licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (1966) and a doctorate from the University of Marburg, Germany (1972). Most of his research and publications have dealt with religious pluralism and interreligious dialogue.

David R. Loy is Professor in the Faculty of International Studies at Bunkyo University, Chigasaki, Japan. for many years, he is qualified as a sensei in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition.

Chandra Muzaffar, a Malaysian political scientist, was the first Director of the Center for Civilizational Dialogue at the University of Malaya and is the president of a Malaysian-based international NGO, the International Movement for a Just World.

Sallie McFague is presently Distinguished Theologian in Residence at the Vancouver School of Theology and, for thirty years, taught at Vanderbilt Divinity School.

Norman Solomon is a member of the Faculties of Theology and of Oriental Studies at Oxford University.

Swami Agni Vesh serves as chair of the United Nations Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery and the Bandhua Mukti Morcha (Bonded Labor Liberation Front). Zhou Qin received her Ph.D. in Chinese intellectual history from Harvard and is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore.