This is the second book in a series of four projected books on Christian economics.
The first edition is Christian Economics: Student's Edition. It is here:
The teacher's edition begins to fill in the details of the system of economic analysis that is presented in the student's edition. It makes clearer the real-world outworking of the cause-and-effect structure of Christian economics. It relates theory and practice.
This book is divided into six parts: The Auction Process, A Moral Auction, Protecting the Auction, Rigging the Auction, Non-Auction Sectors, and Worldviews. In writing this book, I assumed that you have read and understood the student's edition.
This book is easy to read if you have read the student's edition. It is easy to read even if you have not read the student's edition, but it will not make as much sense. You will find it more difficult to keep the structure in mind.
This book is a comprehensive answer to the so-called social gospel. It was never a social gospel. It was a statist gospel. It first began to be promoted in Protestant mainline denominations in the United States in the 1880's. This book shows that there is nothing in the Bible that calls for the creation of a Christian welfare state. On the contrary, what the Bible requires is the creation of a free market society. The social gospel has always been weak on exegesis of the Scriptures. This book begins with biblical passages in every chapter. Each chapter begins with an analysis of a text: theological analysis and economic analysis.
I added a new chapter, Chapter 3, on September 20, 2017. I also rearranged the chapters in Part 1.
Here is the typeset edition. It is indexed.
If you spot a typographical error, write it down. When you finish reading the book, please send the list to me at garynorth@garynorth.com.
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