Seventy-five percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians.  And yet, it takes little reflection to realize that there is almost no influence of the basic principles of Christianity on business and economics.  US businesses and the US economy are actually pagan. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Christians have closed their minds to the inconsistencies between their faith and the philosophies and practices of the business world which falsely claim that business is outside the realm of morals as expressed in the statement ‘it is neither right nor wrong, it is just business’.  

Christian Economics is the application of Christian principles to business and economics both in theory and in practice.  It is a subject that has been neglected and ignored for too long.  Christian Economics promotes justice, fairness, balance, cooperation, and mutual respect within business, economics and politics and is based on three principles: good is to be done and promoted and evil is to be avoided; love your neighbor as yourself and the absolute dignity of each and every human being. 

How is the Christian mandate to love your neighbor as yourself to be applied in business, economics and politics?   How does God want people to act within their jobs, their businesses, their business transactions, how they treat employees, how they pay employees, how they treat business subordinates, how they deal with tenants, how they set prices, how they deal with other businesses, what they sell, how they market their products and services, how they advertise, and what is the quality and safety of their products and services?

Christian Economics is a must read for every person who considers themselves Christian.  Christianity is more than praying, attending church services, proclamations of faith, singing hymns, receiving sacraments and performing religious practices.  Christianity is a way of life and extends to every facet of a person’s everyday life including their business, economic, and political lives. 

The US economy is in crisis, the World economy is in crisis and these crises are getting worse because business and economics are devoid of Christian principles.  The solution is for Christians to start applying Christian economics to their business lives, their economic lives, and their political lives.  This is the mandate of Jesus Christ: to love your neighbor as yourself in your business life, your economic life, and your political life.