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"Through an analysis of Christian communities in the United States, Canada, and Costa Rica, this book analyzes how religious groups talk about the politics surrounding economic life. Amy Reynolds examines how these Christian organizations speak about trade and the economy as moral and value-lad...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge studies in social theory, religion and politics
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"Through an analysis of Christian communities in the United States, Canada, and Costa Rica, this book analyzes how religious groups talk about the politics surrounding economic life. Amy Reynolds examines how these Christian organizations speak about trade and the economy as moral and value-laden spaces, deserving ethical reflection and requiring political action. She reveals the ways in which religious communities have asked people to engage in new approaches to thinking about the market and how they have worked to create alternative networks and policies governing economic and social life"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 182 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781107078246 (hardback) : 1107078245 (hardback) 9781107435179 (paperback) 110743517X (paperback) |
| Index Number: | HF1713 |
| CLC: | F741.2 -05 |
| Call Number: | F741.2-05/R462 |
| Contents: | Producing market discourse -- Too flawed for reform : the Canadian Christian struggle for an alterantive economic order -- Covenants and treaties : PCUSA's evolving trade policy -- Dialogue and development : the Costa Rican Catholic response to CAFTA-DR -- The political and economic discourse of religious communities -- Encouraging religious communities to promote the common good. |