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The Economy of Christianity: A Divine Market in Human History

The Economy of Christianity: A Divine Market in Human History

Okon, James

Paperback

Religion General General ChristianityGeneral Psychology

ISBN13: 9798248244164
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 13 2026
Pages: 348
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.78 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if Christianity isn't just a religion-but the most powerful economic force in human history?

We think of economics as the realm of markets, currencies, and rational actors. We think of faith as the realm of the spiritual, the private, the otherworldly. But for two millennia, Christianity has been doing something far more radical: creating, transforming, and challenging material worlds.

THE ECONOMY OF CHRISTIANITY reveals the hidden history of how a small Jewish sect from the Roman periphery became the most consequential economic revolution the world has ever known-not despite its otherworldly message, but because of it.

In this landmark work, Pastor James Okon takes us on an extraordinary journey from the cosmic ledger of Genesis to the trillion-dollar faith-based sector of today, demonstrating that the Gospel of peace and love has always been, at its core, an economic proposition.

Discover how:

  • The Jubilee laws of ancient Israel invented the concept of systemic debt cancellation-a divine reset mechanism that challenges our assumptions about poverty and inequality.
  • The early church's koinonia created social capital so dense that there was not a needy person among them-a trust economy that outperformed the surrounding Roman welfare systems.
  • Benedictine monasteries became Europe's first industrial hubs, preserving classical knowledge while spiritualizing manual labor and inventing modern agriculture, brewing, and timekeeping.
  • Quaker merchants built banking empires on a single principle: absolute honesty meant their word was bond, reducing transaction costs and creating reputational capital that rivals anything in modern finance.
  • The abolition movement deliberately sacrificed massive GDP for the sake of human dignity-proving that moral conviction can reshape global markets.
  • Modern faith-based organizations contribute over $1.2 trillion annually to the American economy alone, operating schools, hospitals, and relief networks with efficiency that secular systems cannot replicate.

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