Seeking the city: wealth, poverty, and political economy in Christian perspective

Part 1: The Way to the City: A Biblical Journey. Seeking the City: The Metanarrative of Scripture

The Narrative Literature of the Old Testament

Words to Live By

Wise Men and Singers

The Prophets and Justice

Conclusions from the Old Testament

The Life, Ministry, and Teachings of Jesus

The First-Century Church and Apostolic Teaching

A Better World and the Promise of the Future

Part 2: The Struggle for the City: Rome, Geneva, and the City on a Hill. Self-Denial and World-Denial in a Giant Empire of Extravagance

Using Wealth or Enjoying Wealth?: From the Fathers to the Scholastics

The Reformation and Political Economy

Mercantilist Economics at Its Best (or Worst) in England and France

From England to America

Republicanism and Free Markets

Viva la Revolución!

A New Beginning: The New Nation as an Economic Leviathan

Economics and War

Rebuilding a New Nation

From the Great War to the Great Depression and Its New Deal

Pearl Harbor, Woodstock, and the Great Debate

Part 3: Awaiting the City: How Should We Then Live?. Western Civilization and the American Dream

Moral Complexities in the Twenty-First Century

The Morality of Market Economics

Social Justice and Distribution: Wealth, Poverty, and Human Need

The Spirit of Competitive Destruction: Creation, Ecology, and the Destiny of Man

Tending the Garden: Changing the World or Rational Compassion

Fickle Prophets, Biblical Realism, and Rational Compassion

Epilogue: Obama, Bull Moose, and the White Queen.