"God and the Free Market. Religions and Economics" is a book that challenges one of the most enduring stereotypes of our time – the belief that religion and the market are on opposite sides of the fence. Is faith really concerned only with ’social justice," and economics with cold-hearted profit and loss calculations?

The authors of the essays collected in this book show that history tells us something completely different. From the very beginning, Judaism, Christianity and Islam have been strongly associated with trade, property rights and market rules. Benedikt Koehler, the editor of the publication, reminds us that even the first Christians combined the concept of private property with the duty to care for the poor, creating solutions that differed from the practices of pagan Rome. In turn, medieval disputes over whether Christ owned property ended in the 14th century with Pope John XXII's ruling in favour of property rights – a decision that had not only spiritual but also economic significance.

This book is not only an analysis of the religious sources of market ideas. It is also a reminder that reflection on economics has always been part of a broader reflection on culture, morality and faith. Adam Smith and his predecessors understood this perfectly – and that is why their works continue to inspire us today.

"God and the Free Market" is a book for those who want to think outside the box and look at religious and economic freedom as two complementary dimensions of the same story about humanity.

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