Journal of Markets & Morality

Journal of Markets & Morality

Volume 11, Number 1 • Spring 2008

With this issue of the Journal of Markets & Morality, we introduce a new semi-regular feature section, the Status Quaestionis. Conceived as a complement to our Scholia, the Status Quaestionis features are intended to help us grasp in a more thorough and comprehensive way the state of the scholarly landscape with regard to the modern intersection between religion and economics. Whereas the Scholia are longer, generally treatise-length works located in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries, the Status Quaestionis will typically be shorter, essay-length pieces from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. The first installment of the Status Quaestionis will feature an essay by Sergey Bulgakov (1871–1944), a renowned and influential Russian Orthodox theologian. His essay included in this issue, "The National Economy and the Religious Personality," first published in 1909 and translated here by Krassen Stanchev, represents the first and in many ways most lasting Orthodox Christian response to the Weber thesis.

Also in this volume, Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo considers "The Importance and Contemporary Relevance of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI’s Jesus of Nazareth." Marek Tracz-Tryniecki explores "Natural Law in Tocqueville’s Thought." Christopher Todd Meredith examines "The Ethical Basis for Taxation in the Thought of Thomas Aquinas." José Atilano Pena López and José Manuel Sánchez investigate "Smithian Perspective on the Markets of Beliefs: Public Policies and Religion." Surendra Arjoon discusses ethics in the corporate culture with "Slippery When Wet: The Real Risk in Business." Gregory Mellema expounds on "Professional Ethics and Complicity in Wrongdoing."

Note from the Editor:

After careful evaluation of the journal's past policy of unlimited access to both current and archived issues in light of a move to market the journal as an e-journal (as well as a print journal), it was determined that a sliding wall of restricted access to the two most current issues would be instituted. Effective immediately, nonsubscribers will continue to enjoy full access to all files in the archives but will have limited access to current issues of the journal. The exception to this rule is that all Scholia content requires a current subscription to the Journal. Subscribers, however, will continue to be able to access electronically the full content of current issues by typing a username and password at the login prompt. If you have any questions or would like futher information, please email webmaster@acton.org.

For more information about the electronic edition of the Journal of Markets & Morality, see Jordan J. Ballor, “Scholarship at the Crossroads: The Journal of Markets & Morality Case Study,” Journal of Scholarly Publishing 36, no. 3 (April 2005).

Journal of Markets & Morality is a peer-reviewed academic journal published twice a year–in the Spring and Fall. The journal promotes intellectual exploration of the relationship between economics and morality from both social science and theological perspectives. It seeks to bring together theologians, philosophers, economists, and other scholars for dialogue concerning the morality of the marketplace.