School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications

The Promise of Interdisciplinary Engagement: Christian Ethics and Economics as a Test Case

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2010

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Christianity | Economics | Education | Higher Education | Religion | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Abstract

All scholarship occurs in context, and academic silos – where scholars interact with only a narrow circle of specialists like themselves – too often eclipse the biases of academic disciplines. This essay recommends interdisciplinary work by Christian ethicists, reviews some fruits available from substantive engagement with mainstream economics, and urges graduate programs in Christian ethics to encourage and enable students to do substantive coursework in another discipline to broaden and deepen Christian ethical engagement with contemporary moral problems.

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