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Political Economy as Natural Theology: Smith, Malthus and Their Followers by Paul Oslington

Political Economy as Natural Theology: Smith, Malthus and Their Followers by Paul Oslington Downloaded from http://read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article-pdf/54/1/179/1505326/0540179.pdf by DEEPDYVE INC user on 30 March 2022 Book Reviews 179 understand that we have been through this before. As stand-alone history of thought courses become much rarer (a separate challenge, whose causes and effects are wound up with many of the issues here), effectively incorporating elements of the his- tory of thought into standard undergraduate courses can expose students not just to a greater variety of economic theories but to the crucial idea that economics has always been—and likely will always be—an ongoing and imperfect struggle over how best to understand an ever-changing world. —Jason Brent, Duke University 10.1215/00182702-9548372 Political Economy as Natural Theology: Smith, Malthus and Their Followers. By Paul Oslington. New York: Routledge, 2018. vii; 172 pp. $48.95. The last two decades have seen a notable “turn to religion,” as it has been called in a variety of academic disciplines, including economics. Part of this movement is increased attention to the relationship between economics and religion, and particu- larly theology, from a historical perspective. Paul Oslington’s work on theology and economics, including an earlier edited volume (Adam Smith as Theologian), stands at the forefront of this revisionist program, which aims both to more http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png History of Political Economy Duke University Press

Political Economy as Natural Theology: Smith, Malthus and Their Followers by Paul Oslington

History of Political Economy , Volume 54 (1) – Feb 1, 2022

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Downloaded from http://read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article-pdf/54/1/179/1505326/0540179.pdf by DEEPDYVE INC user on 30 March 2022 Book Reviews 179 understand that we have been through this before. As stand-alone history of thought courses become much rarer (a separate challenge, whose causes and effects are wound up with many of the issues here), effectively incorporating elements of the his- tory of thought into standard undergraduate courses can expose students not just to a greater variety of economic theories but to the crucial idea that economics has always been—and likely will always be—an ongoing and imperfect struggle over how best to understand an ever-changing world. —Jason Brent, Duke University 10.1215/00182702-9548372 Political Economy as Natural Theology: Smith, Malthus and Their Followers. By Paul Oslington. New York: Routledge, 2018. vii; 172 pp. $48.95. The last two decades have seen a notable “turn to religion,” as it has been called in a variety of academic disciplines, including economics. Part of this movement is increased attention to the relationship between economics and religion, and particu- larly theology, from a historical perspective. Paul Oslington’s work on theology and economics, including an earlier edited volume (Adam Smith as Theologian), stands at the forefront of this revisionist program, which aims both to more

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