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Divine Economy
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The Preacher as Economist vs. "The Economist as Preacher"
Economics, Secularism, and Faith
By John D. Mueller
Posted: Monday, June 2, 2008
The Economist as Preacher was the title of a book by George J. Stigler, who was most responsible for "Smythology": the myth that Adam Smith invented or is indispensable to understanding economics. "The Preacher as Economist" is Thomas Aquinas, who integrated the outline of economic theory taught for five centuries by Catholics and Protestants alike. More broadly, they propose two different ways of understanding what it means to be an economist -- and for that matter, what it means to be a preacher.  [Read More]
The Three World Views in Economics
Templeton Enterprise Awards Symposium
By John D. Mueller
Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2008
There have been many economists, but only three basic theories of economics, which express three different world views.  [Read More]
The Preacher as Economist vs.The Economist as Preacher
Remarks prepared for delivery to a conference on "Faith and the Challenges of Secularism"
By John D. Mueller
Posted: Saturday, October 11, 2003
In economics, the main problem is not that there is too little faith and too much secularism. Rather, there is far, far too much faith, but it is misplaced—too much faith in the argument from human authority, in mere citation of economists’ names without logic or evidence. And the second problem is that among economists (and possibly others) the most frequent alternative to faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is not atheism, but pantheism.  [Read More]
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EPPC on Book TV
Weigel Featured on "In Depth"

On Sunday, June 1, EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel was featured on C-SPAN2/Book TV's program "In Depth."

Click here to view the program online.   


Religion and the Media
Michael Cromartie
Faith Angle Conference -- May 2008

EPPC Vice President Michael Cromartie moderated a series of discussions in May at the semi-annual Faith Angle Conference sponsored by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and held in Key West, Florida. Transcripts of the informative talks are now available online.


 American Evangelicalism: New Leaders, New Faces, New Issues -- D. Michael Lindsay, author of Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite, describes eight fallacies or misconceptions he held as he began his book.

 Religious Voters in the 2008 Election: What It Means for Democrats, Republicans -- William A. Galston, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and an assistant for domestic policy in the Clinton administration, discusses the importance of the Catholic vote in 2008.

 How Our Brains are Wired for Belief -- What does brain science add to age-old debates about the existence of God and the value of religion? Can political parties and religious groups use scientific insights to influence the beliefs of others? Dr. Andrew Newberg and Mr. David Brooks raise these questions and share their insights with journalists.