Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Prologue: Producing endurance: a story of faith and the global market / William Goettler -- Introduction: Christian faith and the global market / Douglas A. Hicks and Mark Valeri -- Who is my neighbor? An invitation to see the world with different eyes / Thomas W. Walker -- Agape and special relations in a global economy: theological sources / Eric Gregory -- Global poverty and Bono's celebrity activism: an analysis of moral imagination and motivation / Douglas A. Hicks -- Human nature and human needs in recent economic theory / Kent Van Til -- Economic justice requires more than the kindness of strangers / Rebecca Todd Peters -- Free markets and the reign of God: identifying potential conflicts / Jeff Van Duzer -- And God said, let there be many: an argument for economic diversity / Janet Parker -- Knowledge work, craft work, and calling / Robert D. Austin and Lee Devin -- Christian manufacturers at the crossroads / Shirley J. Roels -- A Christian perspective on the role of government in a market economy / Rebecca M. Blank -- Critical economic engagement: on the perennial and novel dimensions / Douglas A. Hicks and Mark Valeri