An Introduction to Christian Economics

Is There Such a Thing as a Distinctively Christian Economics?

A non-Christian economist may see the relationship between monetary inflation and fraud, and he does not stand on the rock-solid authority of the Bible. He is utterly unable to convince his academic colleagues and those with influence of the validity of his critique because of the relativism he seeks to operate on. Those who support a full gold-coin standard are unaware that their theory rests on certain God-given external conditions—they simply accept these limitations of nature as “given,” and they do not bother to inquire as to the source of them. Such investigations, every non-Christian economist would tell us, are not relevant, are not scientific, and cannot be demonstrated by ethically neutral, rationalistic presuppositions.

Dr. North’s Introduction to Christian Economics, a collection of essays written early in his scholarship career, is a pioneering start at setting forth the biblical presuppositions in several areas of economics. Concerning primarily the field of monetary theory, some of the implications are explored, laying the groundwork for a truly Christian, a truly biblical, theology of wealth and money.

484 pages with Scripture index, paperback.