Adam Smith as Theologian
Routledge Studies in Religion
Paul Oslington
ISBN: | 9780415880718 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Published: | 17 May, 2011 |
Format: | Hardcover |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
Adam Smith as Theologian
Routledge Studies in Religion
Paul Oslington
Adam Smith wrote in a Scotland where Calvinism, Continental natural law theory, Stoic philosophy, and the Newtonian tradition of scientific natural theology were key to the intellectual lives of his contemporaries. But what impact did these ideas have on Smith's system? What was Smith's understanding of nature, divine providence, and theodicy? How was the new discourse of political economy positioned in relation to moral philosophy and theology? In this volume a team of distinguished contributors consider Smith's work in relation to its Scottish Enlightenment religious background, and offer stimulating theological interpretations of his account of fallible human nature, his providential account of markets, and his invisible hand metaphor. Adam Smith as Theologian it is a pioneering study which will alter our view of Smith and open up new lines of thinking about contemporary economics.
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