It is a rare occasion, indeed, when a group of world famous theologians and scholars with highly contrasting views on politics and economics are brought together for a spirited dialogue on questions concerning ethics, religion and the competing systems of socialism and free enterprise. It is rarer still when some two dozen eminent authorities on these matters can be captured within the covers of a single work in direct confrontation with each other. Yet the present volume delivers all this, and much, much more.

It will prove fascinating for ecclesiastics, theologians, divinity students, laypersons as well as those interested in sociology, economics, politics and other social sciences.