Oeconomia Dei and the Human Economy: A Franciscan Vision for the Age of AI
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This article presents the remarkable contribution of the Franciscans to the humanization and development of the emerging market economy between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. The first part explores how Francis of Assisi responded prophetically to those challenges by renouncing money and embracing the logic of gratuitousness. Building on his insights, the Franciscans later articulated the theological foundations of the relationship between the oeconomia Dei and the human economy (second part). On this basis, they developed an innovative economic thought that some scholars have described as the “first economic school from which the modern market spirit would emerge” (third part). Those early responses may today help to address the socioeconomic challenges arising from the growing influence of artificial intelligence (fourth part).
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