Economy of Grace
– Kathryn Tanner
By Mark Sampson
Economy of Grace is a bold, short book that provocatively enters the debate about the appropriate relationship between theology and economics. Kathryn Tanner’s desire is to develop a ‘theological economy’ to highlight what she considers to be the deficiencies of capitalism. She engages this issue in three distinct stages. Firstly, She does this by looking at the theoretical framework needed to consider the significance of theology for economic matters. Following this, she constructs a theological economy based on grace, in conversation with the philosophical and theological discourse around ‘gift’. She concludes her book by illustrating some of the impact a theological economy would make on economic policies in the contemporary global economy.
