Marketplace Of The Gods
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Marketplace Of The Gods
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Author : Larry Witham
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-05-05
Marketplace Of The Gods written by Larry Witham and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-05 with Religion categories.
Two centuries after Adam Smith illuminated the workings of the marketplace, a new movement among economists and social scientists is expanding his insights into a groundbreaking "economics of religion." Using cutting edge ideas from the behavioral sciences, and a deep knowledge of religious history, this new approach is making sense not only of past beliefs, but of religion today. In Marketplace of the Gods, award-winning journalist Larry Witham tells the inside story of this expanding "economic approach" to religion, the puzzles it tries to solve, the controversies it has stirred, and the people who are making it happen. He shows that the economic approach, while evoking images of stock markets or accounting ledgers, actually begins with a simple idea about human beings as rational actors, judging costs and benefits in life. Every life has limits, so human experience is a series of trade-offs, balancing resources to make choices for the best possible benefits. As the economics of religion shows, this model can be applied to the rich story of the human race and its gods. Beginning with the individual, the choices in religion shape households, groups, movements, and entire "religious economies" of nations. On the one hand, this mixing of the profane and the sacred, the economic and the religious, is an exciting exchange of ideas between economics, sociology, psychology, history, and theology. On the other, it has spurred a lively protest. Indeed, for some, the economic approach seems to transform our good angels into grubby consumers. As Witham shows, however, the economic approach to religion has insights for everyone, believers and skeptics alike. He illuminates this approach in a volume rich with ideas, history, contemporary events, and the insights of some of our sharpest modern-day thinkers.
Marketplace Of The Gods
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Author : Larry Witham
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-05-05
Marketplace Of The Gods written by Larry Witham and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-05 with Religion categories.
Preface -- The economic approach -- Rational people and religion -- Life in the household -- The gods of risk -- Why religions form -- History of an idea -- Marketplace of the gods -- Debating secularism -- How religion shapes economics -- The merits of mammon.
The Gods Of Business
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Author : Todd Albertson
language : en
Publisher: Todd Albertson
Release Date : 2010-04-05
The Gods Of Business written by Todd Albertson and has been published by Todd Albertson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-05 with Business & Economics categories.
Throughout recorded history, the primary sources of conflict in life have been religion and ethics. The 21st Century is right on track, from the war in the Middle East to sectarian violence nearly everywhere else. Hardly a day goes by without headlines about religious conflicts. Additionally, the news is filled with the shenanigans of Enron, WorldCom, and Solyndra, forcing hard questions about business ethics to the forefront of peoples' minds. THE GODS OF BUSINESS is an indispensable guide for discovering the intersection of faith and the marketplace. In plain language, Todd Albertson reveals the anatomy of the world's major religions - Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Secular Postmodernism, Shintoism, and Sikhism - and discusses how their spiritual traditions impact business ethics. Provocative, eye-opening, and funny, THE GODS OF BUSINESS provides telling insights into the loudly proclaimed dogmas and silent subtleties that dramatically affect individuals - businesspeople, educators, politicians, journalists, students, and others - who are unaware of, or confused about, diverse religious beliefs, or who are just wishing they could turn back the clock and deal with their hometown ways of doing things. THE GODS OF BUSINESS is, as the MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW writes, "A 'must-have' primer for anyone unfamiliar with basic tenets of world religions in today's era of globalization.
The Gods Of Business
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Author : Hallqvist Todd Gerald Albertson
language : en
Publisher: Todd Albertson
Release Date : 2013-06
The Gods Of Business written by Hallqvist Todd Gerald Albertson and has been published by Todd Albertson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06 with Business & Economics categories.
Throughout recorded history, the primary sources of conflict in life have been religion and ethics. The 21st Century is right on track, from the war in the Middle East to sectarian violence nearly everywhere else. Hardly a day goes by without headlines about religious conflicts. Additionally, the news is filled with the shenanigans of Enron, WorldCom, and Solyndra, forcing hard questions about business ethics to the forefront of peoples' minds. THE GODS OF BUSINESS is an indispensable guide for discovering the intersection of faith and the marketplace. In plain language, Todd Albertson reveals the anatomy of the world's major religions - Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Secular Postmodernism, Shintoism, and Sikhism - and discusses how their spiritual traditions impact business ethics. Provocative, eye-opening, and funny, THE GODS OF BUSINESS provides telling insights into the loudly proclaimed dogmas and silent subtleties that dramatically affect individuals - businesspeople, educators, politicians, journalists, students, and others - who are unaware of, or confused about, diverse religious beliefs, or who are just wishing they could turn back the clock and deal with their hometown ways of doing things. THE GODS OF BUSINESS is, as the MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW writes, "A 'must-have' primer for anyone unfamiliar with basic tenets of world religions in today's era of globalization.
The Gods Of Business
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Author : Hallqvist Todd Gerald Albertson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-07-12
The Gods Of Business written by Hallqvist Todd Gerald Albertson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-12 with categories.
Do you have a business that fits right in with the 21st century world? Do you also have faith and find it hard to make these two vastly different Gods to seamlessly blend? This book seeks to help you find common ground so that both can flourish!Religion and ethics. At the same time they are broadly followed and widely misunderstood by millions. The fact that both have been at the center of many of the world's conflicts throughout the years, and in the 40 or so that are currently being waged, suggests that we have never really managed to learn much from them, despite them being the keepers of many valuable lessons.This book, THE GODS OF BUSINESS: THE INTERSECTION OF FAITH AND THE MARKETPLACE, seeks to help you find that intersection of faith and ethics that will help you thrive and discover:?The place of religion in business?Why ethics should always be at the forefront of the business mind?The structure of the main religions of the world?How spiritual traditions impact on business ethics?Dogmatic principles and how they fit?Religion and the globalized business world?And much more?Business ethics are often at the forefront of peoples' minds, through sensational news items and some of the dodgy dealings that occasionally surface. But what is not always appreciated is the role that religion plays and why it is often essential that spiritual traditions and business ethics dovetail seamlessly.THE GODS OF BUSINESS takes a provocative, eye-opening and funny look at how this can happen, in a world where many are unfamiliar with the basic tenets of world religion and is, as the MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW, writes "a 'must-have' primer for anyone unfamiliar with basic tenets of world religions in today's era of globalization.
The Market As God
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Author : Harvey Cox
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-12
The Market As God written by Harvey Cox and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-12 with Religion categories.
The Market has deified itself, according to Harvey Cox’s brilliant exegesis. And all of the world’s problems—widening inequality, a rapidly warming planet, the injustices of global poverty—are consequently harder to solve. Only by tracing how the Market reached its divine status can we hope to restore it to its proper place as servant of humanity.
The God Market
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Author : Meera Nanda
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2011-10-01
The God Market written by Meera Nanda and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-01 with Religion categories.
Conventional wisdom says that integration into the global marketplace tends to weaken the power of traditional faith in developing countries. But, as Meera Nanda argues in this path-breaking book, this is hardly the case in today’s India. Against expectations of growing secularism, India has instead seen a remarkable intertwining of Hinduism and neoliberal ideology, spurred on by a growing capitalist class. It is this “State-Temple-Corporate Complex,” she claims, that now wields decisive political and economic power, and provides ideological cover for the dismantling of the Nehru-era state-dominated economy. According to this new logic, India’s rapid economic growth is attributable to a special “Hindu mind,” and it is what separates the nation’s Hindu population from Muslims and others deemed to be “anti-modern.” As a result, Hindu institutions are replacing public ones, and the Hindu “revival” itself has become big business, a major source of capital accumulation. Nanda explores the roots of this development and its possible future, as well as the struggle for secularism and socialism in the world’s second-most populous country.
Doing God S Business
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Author : R. Paul Stevens
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2006-08-10
Doing God S Business written by R. Paul Stevens and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-10 with Business & Economics categories.
Stevens explores the potential of business as both a location for practicing everyday spiritual disciplines and a source of creativity and deeper relationship with God. This volume should encourage and challenge businesspersons in all segments of the marketplace to more faithfully integrate their faith and work lives.
Underworld Gods In Ancient Greek Religion
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Author : Ellie Mackin Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-02-24
Underworld Gods In Ancient Greek Religion written by Ellie Mackin Roberts and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-24 with History categories.
This volume presents a case for how and why people in archaic and classical Greece worshipped Underworld gods. These gods are often portrayed as malevolent and transgressive, giving an impression that ancient worshippers derived little or no benefit from developing ongoing relationships with them. In this book, the first book-length study that focuses on Underworld gods as an integral part of the religious landscape of the period, Mackin Roberts challenges this view and shows that Underworld gods are, in many cases, approached and ‘befriended’ in the same way as any other kind of god. Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion provides a fascinating insight into the worship of these deities, and will be of interest to anyone working on ancient Greek religion and cult.
God S Week Has Seven Days
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Author : Wally Kroeker
language : en
Publisher: Herald Press (VA)
Release Date : 1998
God S Week Has Seven Days written by Wally Kroeker and has been published by Herald Press (VA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Business & Economics categories.
This book provides 52 short weekly musings for everyone with work to do. Whether it's grocery shopping, selling cars, or hoeing weeds, Kroeker shows the common threads that link our jobs and our faith.