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Capitalism (1)
Michael Welker's reply to my last letter is eminently sensible, and I am aware of the dangers to which he refers, including the danger of inadvertently increasing government interference in our lives whilst trying to "legislate a culture of love." However, the question is partly about the supposed "neutrality" of our present system. It could be argued that our governments are at present effectively legislating a culture of death.
I share the desire for what he calls a "deep integration" between economics and theology, and I hope to remain in touch with Michael Welker and others who may be in a position to contribute to this integration during the next few years. The Centre for Faith & Culture, which I direct, is in the process of setting up a research project on the "Sane Economy" precisely to address the concerns he expresses so eloquently.
Stratford Caldecott, Westminster College,Oxford
Related Articles:
• God and Caesar: Christianity in the marketplace, Michael Welker (I,3)
• Keeping Ceasar under God: Social doctrines provide the true measure of economic systems, Julio Demasi (I,5)
• God and Ceasar, Stratford Caldecott (I,6)
• Capitalism (1), Stratford Caldecott (I,7)
• Capitalism (2), Martha L. Blandford (II,1)
• The downsides of capitalism, Regina Schmiedicke (II,3)
• Capitalism clarified, Martha L. Blandford (II,5)
• Et tu, Regina?, Michael Welker (II,5)
• Considering receptivity in rethinking economic structures, Nicholas J. Healy (II,5)
• Capitalism re-clarified, from a different perspective, Thomas E. Graham (II,6)
• Regina Schmiedicke defends the third way, Regina Schmiedicke (II,6)
• Capitalism: a response to Dr. Graham and Regina Schmiedicke, Martha L. Blandford (II,7)
• The moral role of government, Thomas E. Graham (II,8)
By the same author:
• God and Ceasar, (I,6)
• Capitalism (1), (I,7)
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