Economy

God and the Economy offers a typology of economic-theological thinking. It analyses twenty six authoritative documents on theology and economy from several christian traditions over the world and thoroughly deals with a broad range of theologies, ethical guidelines, and economic visions.

This volume offers a unique perspective on microfinance, an issue traditionally dominated by economists and policymakers. Drawing on the rich traditions of anthropology and sociology, Livelihood and Microfinance explores how livelihood approaches could lead to a better understanding of saving and credit behavior, and how such an understanding could help the design of finance for development.

This paper is based on the authors inaugural lecture at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, May 1999.