NO RISING TIDE

Theology, Economics, and the Future

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eISBN: 9781451411126

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rieger, Joerg.

No rising tide : theology, economics, and the future / Joerg Rieger.

p.       cm.

ISBN 978-0-8006-6459-6 (alk. paper)

1. Economics—Religious aspects—Christianity. 2. Free enterprise—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title.

BR115.E3R54        2009

261.8′5—dc22                                                                2009032847