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Tax Law, Religion, and Justice An Exploration of Theological Reflections on Taxation
By Allen Calhoun
Copyright 2021
294 Pages
by
Routledge
294 Pages
by
Routledge
294 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book asks why tax policy is both attracted to and repelled by the idea of justice.
Accepting the invitation of economist Henry Simons to acknowledge that tax justice is a theological concept, the work explores theological doctrines of taxation to answer the presenting question. The overall message of the book is that taxation is an instrument of justice, but only when taxes take into... Read more
1. Equity and Efficiency
2. A Society Within a Society
3. Thomas Aquinas: The Interplay of Natural and Positive Law
4. William of Ockham: Repudiation of Power and Wealth
5. Martin Luther’s Redistributive Theology of the Lord’s Supper
6. John Calvin and the Challenge of Inequality
7. Triumph of the Economy
Biography
Allen Calhoun is a McDonald Distinguished Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He has been a tax lawyer and a tax law editor, obtaining a J.D. from Notre Dame Law School and an LL.M. from Washington University. He received a M.Th. and then a Ph.D. in theological ethics from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
