Faith & Economics
Number 80, Fall 2022

Editor’s Introduction: Participating in a Long Tradition
Steven McMullen

REVIEW SYMPOSIUM ON RELIGION AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM

Present at the Origins: Calvin, Smith, and Religious Beliefs at the Emergence of Modern Economics
Edd Noell

Centering Religion in the Rise of Capitalism: Weber, Smith, and the Impact of Racism
Joe Blosser

Common Enemy, Strange Bedfellows: Adam Smith, American Evangelicals, the State, and Change Over Time
Stewart Davenport

Religion as an Influencer
John Lunn

Response to Professors Noell, Blosser, Davenport, and Lunn
Benjamin M. Friedman

ESSAYS
Evangelical Economics
Kenneth G. Elzinga

Geoffrey Brennan, 1944–2022: Christian Economist
A. M. C. Waterman

BOOK REVIEWS

Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be
Diane Coyle
Reviewed by Todd P. Steen

Why Trust Matters: An Economist’s Guide to the Ties that Bind Us
Benjamin Ho
Reviewed by Michael Anderson

The Moral Case for Profit Maximization
Robert White
Reviewed by Kris Principe

Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success
Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan
Reviewed by Matthew P. Forsstrom

Faith, Class, and Labor: Intersectional Approaches in a Global Context
Jin Young Choi and Joerg Rieger
Reviewed by Jamin Andreas Hübner

Economics of Faith: Reforming Poor Relief in Early Modern Europe
Esther Chung-Kim
Reviewed by Gregory Soderberg