Usury and Catholic Social Thought: Where Do We Go from Here?
Published online on May 19, 2026
Abstract
Studies in Christian Ethics, Ahead of Print.
This article argues that Catholic scholarship on usury is held back by a continued focus on scholastic titles to gain such aslucrum cessans, which do not add up to a robust theory of either justice or injustice in lending. Instead, it proposes that usury ...
This article argues that Catholic scholarship on usury is held back by a continued focus on scholastic titles to gain such aslucrum cessans, which do not add up to a robust theory of either justice or injustice in lending. Instead, it proposes that usury ...