Markets and Other Social Structures: Analyzing Moral Ecologies in Christian Ethics

Markets and Other Social Structures: Analyzing Moral Ecologies in Christian Ethics

This volume honors and examines Daniel Finn’s transformative contributions to the field of Christian ethics. In a career spanning nearly fifty years, Finn became a preeminent thinker on Christian economic ethics and pioneered pathways of interdisciplinary engagement between theological ethics and the social sciences. In this collection, a wide range of scholars from several disciplines take up key themes from Finn’s scholarship—including the terms of the dialogue between economics and theology, the importance of attending to a market’s “moral ecology” when evaluating economic activity, and the use of critical realism for theological reflections on structural sin and moral agency—critically exploring and developing the relevance of these for social ethics and extending them to address new problems. "Daniel Finn's legacy as an ethicist attentive to economics deserves honor and substantive engagement. This collection of essays serves both ends well. As the introduction notes, Finn enhances our vocation with 'clarity and civility.' The essays provide an introduction to his manifold arguments and to the current state of theological economics. We are in his and the authors' debt for this marvelous volume." --D. Stephen Long, Cary M. Maguire University Professor of Ethics, Southern Methodist University "Reading this volume is bound to revolutionize your way of thinking about ethics in economic relations--the entire intersection between material goods and religious values, what some call 'the moral ecology of markets.' The impressive community of scholars who contributed to this outstanding volume have produced a fitting and highly collaborative tribute to Daniel Finn, the seminal scholar of Christian economic thought who inspired this timely book and whose fascinating work each essay engages." --Thomas Massaro, SJ, McGinley Endowed Chair in Religion and Society, Fordham University "David Cloutier and Christina McRorie have gathered an impressive array of leading scholars to pay tribute to the scholarly legacy of Daniel K. Finn. Their interdisciplinary reflections and fresh applications aptly honor Finn's pioneering and bridge-building work on just economies and moral responsibility." --Kristin E. Heyer, Joseph Chair in Theology, Boston College David Cloutier is Associate Professor of Theology at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, MD. He is the author of Love, Reason, and God's Story: An Introduction to Catholic Sexual Ethics (2008), as well as a number of articles and book chapters on sexual ethics and moral theology. Christina McRorie is Associate Professor of Moral Theology at the Clough School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College and the author of The World of Markets .