Free Trade and Faithful Globalization

Amy Reynolds is an assistant professor of sociology and the coordinator of the Gender Studies Certificate Program at Wheaton College, Illinois. She received her PhD in sociology from Princeton University, New Jersey, her MPP in public policy from Georgetown University, Washington DC, and her BA in sociology from Harvard University, Massachusetts. Before teaching at Wheaton College, she was a visiting Fellow at Notre Dame's Kellogg Institute for International Studies. She previously worked for World Relief in El Salvador investigating the coffee industry and alternative markets. Her publications have appeared in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Latin American Research Review.

• Introduction; 1. Producing market discourse; 2. Too flawed for reform: the Canadian Christian struggle for an alternative economic order; 3. Covenants and treaties: PCUSA's evolving trade policy; 4. Dialogue and development: the Costa Rican Catholic response to CAFTA; 5. The political and economic discourse of religious communities; 6. Encouraging religious communities to promote the common good.

'This rigorously researched book provides wonderful insights for anyone who cares about the intersection of faith and the economy. Over recent decades, the free trade movement has galvanized the attention of millions, and finally we have a careful analysis that examines this topic from multiple angles. This book should be read not only by the academic community, but also by practitioners in the field. Indeed, I heartily recommend it to anyone who cares about advancing the common good.' D. Michael Lindsay, President, Gordon College, Massachusetts