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Les Après-midi de Philosophie et EconomieSéminaire de PHARE (Philosophie, Histoire et Analyse des Représentations Economiques, Université Paris 1)Jeudi 18 janvier, 17h-19hMaison des Sciences Economiques (Salle 116)Paul Oslington( Professor of Economics and Dean of Business, Alphacrucis  College, Sydney)présentera une communication intitulée :“CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY AND THE FORMATION OF ECONOMICS AS A  DISCIPLINE IN 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRITAIN ”Christian theology shaped political economy as a discipline, and facilitated its rise to cultural dominance across the English speaking world. This paper outlines these theological influences (especially the British tradition of scientific natural theology of Bacon and Newton, and the moderate Calvinism of the ScottishEnlightenment). It connects doctrines such as divine providence and the future hope to economists’ belief inthe co-ordinating and beneficent powers of markets. It then discusses changes in the religious context in the mid-19th century that eroded the religious significance of economics and allowed the secularization of economics by the late 19th century in Britain and the early 20th century in America.