Usury

    Research Project

PDF Files Outlining Project

Usury Project -- Metaphoric Introduction

Usury Project -- Initial Academic Proposal

Usury Project -- Selected Bibliography

Usury Terminology, with Outline of Initial Approaches to Usury and Credit

"Is Islamic Banking Kosher?" -- Paper presented to the Second Biennial Conference of the International Global Ethics Association, Melbourne, Australia (26-28 Jun 2008)

"Is Islamic Banking Kosher?" -- PowerPoint slides accompanying conference paper presentation

"Fetullah Gulen, Islamic Banking and Global Finance" -- Paper presented to the Fourth Conference on International Corporate Responsibility, Doha, Qatar (16-18 Nov 2008)

"Are Credit Card Interest Rates Blasphemous? Usury in Judeo-Christian-Islamic Perspective" -- Paper presented to the 25th Anniversary Conference of the Association of Christian Economists, Waco, TX (16-18 Apr 2009)

Editorial: Alternative Financing for Higher Education

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Comments and questions about Usury in general, and the Project in particular,
are always welcome. See my Welcome page for contact details.

Selected Web Links on Usury / Alternative Financial Transactions

Encyclopedia Entry on Usury
from New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia

Advisory Entry on Usury and Predatory Lending
from UsuryLaw.com

Jeremy Bentham's Defence of Usury
from The Library of Economics and Liberty

Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB)

Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI)

Islamic International Rating Agency (IIRA)

Citi Islamic Investment Bank

HSBC Amanah Bank

The image above is a cropped portion of Quinten Metsys's Money-changer and his Wife (1514), The Louvre, Paris