Divine Economy: Theology and the Market

The genius of Catholic--and indeed Christian--social thought is that, at its best, it is catholic, open to the world, reaching out to gather in the best insights and energies that the world has to offer while steadfastly criticizing the world's failings. In Long's hoped-for future, Christians will have not only their own theology but their own economic science and, to the extent possible, their own economy, a divine economy. Long's book does a fine job of examining the faults of capitalism and the weaknesses of mainstream economic method, but such a withdrawal from the world as he envisions would require a far more persuasive re-narration of Christian theology and history.

Daniel Rush Finn, an economist and theologian, teaches at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. His most recent book is Just Trading: On the Ethics and Economics of International Trade (Abingdon, 1996).

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