Relying on both social science and theology, Finn then turns to the implications of this history for economic life today. Throughout, the book invites the reader to engage the sources and to develop an answer to the volume's basic question.

Donal Dorr, an Irish missionary priest, has taught theology and philosophy in Ireland and has been a pastoral teacher many African countries as well as Brazil.

A new edition of a classic text, including insights into Pope Francis encyclical on ecology."