Economics As Religion From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond

"Nelson provides a huge service to students of religion in his attempts to place economics . . . in conversation with theology."-The Christian Century "Market economics is best understood as a religion. When I first read this claim in a book by Robert Nelson . . . I had doubts. . . . [But] the more one thinks about the function of market economics in modern society, the stronger the case gets for treating it as a religion." -The Financial Times "In his groundbreaking study, Robert Nelson explores the genesis, the prophets, the prophesies, and the tenets of what he sees as a . . . religion of economics that has come into full blossom in latter-day America."-America: The National Catholic Weekly "As a history of modern neoclassical economic theory, [Nelson's book] is exemplary. An exceedingly well-written book."-Journal of Economic Issues "Nelson does not regard 'theology' as a cuss word, and so his detailed study of the theology underlying Samuelsonian and Chicagoan economics is not a put-down. It's a way of seeing the rhetoric of fundamental belief-what has been called vision. Nelson . . . speaks with authority from within the field. . . . His grasp of modern economics is broad and firm. And so in theology, too. It's an important, even an amazing book: Luther meets Smith."-Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois at ChicagoNelson, Robert H. is the author of 'Economics As Religion From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond', published 2002 under ISBN 9780271022840 and ISBN 0271022841.