Author : Alejandro A. Chafuen
Release : 2003-05-07
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 915/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Faith and Liberty by : Alejandro A. Chafuen
Download or read book Faith and Liberty written by Alejandro A. Chafuen. This book was released on 2003-05-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people think that free-market ideas and theories were first substanially developed in the eighteenth century by figures such as Adam Smith. In this revised edition of Faith and Liberty, Alejandro A. Chafuen illustrates this misconception by examining the sixteenth and seventeenth century writings of a group of Catholic theologians and philosophers. The Late- Scholastics, as they are called, were the first to engage in a systematic moral analysis of the ethical issues associated with trade and commerce. In doing so, they arrived at solutions that are in many senses indistinguishable from the ideas of many modern free market commentators. In this revised ediiton, Chafuen blosters his case by including recent and pertinent material which gives rise to new questions and concerns. Reading this book will force to consider what they understand to be an authentiaclly Christian approach to economic questions.