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Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (396 download)
Download or read book The Christian Conscience and an Economy of Abundance written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
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Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (364 download)
Download or read book The Christian Conscience and an Economy of Abundance written by National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 63 pages
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Download or read book American Abundance written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
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Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (374 download)
Download or read book Your Christian Conscience and American Abundance written by Reinhold Niebuhr and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Living Church written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edith Rasell
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506469833
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Way of Abundance written by Edith Rasell and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justice, even divine justice, is concrete. It addresses flesh-and-blood persons and the systems, structures, and conditions under which they live. God's vision of abundant human living is not restricted to the spiritual realm but extends even to our material circumstances. But in today's complex economy, what specific changes to public policies and institutions could lead to a just economy? In The Way of Abundance, economist and minister Edith Rasell examines Old and New Testament teachings on economic justice in the context of the ancient economic systems and circumstances they addressed. Drawing on the biblical narrative and on research from the social sciences, Rasell examines three eras--the ancient Israelites' settlements in Canaan, the time of the monarchies, and first-century Palestine--and describes the transition from a non-monetized, subsistence-based economy to a commercial one with wage labor, product markets, and a surplus that benefited a tiny elite. But across this vast expanse of time and economic transition, the Bible called for a just economy. And its vision of economic justice can be a vision for justice seekers today. The book concludes with specific public policy proposals and personal practices that would move contemporary society closer to the Bible's economic vision.
Author : John R. Schneider
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802833632
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)
Download or read book The Good of Affluence written by John R. Schneider and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: wealth incompatible with true Christianity? In The Good of Affluence John R. Schneider reopens the debate over the proper Christian attitude toward money, arguing, ultimately, that Scripture does indeed provide support for the responsible possession of wealth. This is a provocative book of Christian theology, written to help people seeking God in a culture that has grown from modern capitalism. By comparing classic Christian teaching on wealth with the realities of our modern economic world, Schneider challenges the common presumption that material affluence is inherently bad. Careful interpretation of Scripture narratives -- creation, exodus, exile, and more -- also shows that abundance is the condition that God envisions for all human beings and that faithful persons of wealth are part of this plan. Schneider believes that the "wealth-as-blessing" themes of the Old Testament are not to be spiritualized and do not run contrary to New Testament teachings but provide exactly the frame of reference for the incarnate identity, life, and teaching of Jesus, who came to make real the messianic feast, both in this age and in the age to come. Through insightful engagement with the biblical text Schneider overturns some of the most cherished and unquestioned assumptions of influential Christian writers (particularly Ronald Sider) on modern capitalist affluence. Yet Schneider's message is also finely balanced with the need for responsible Christian living. He offers rich Christians biblical affirmation but also challenges them to a life shaped by an uncommon sense of stewardship and compassion. Incisive, thought provoking, and biblically grounded, The Good of Affluence is a superb resource for anyone -- students, professors, businesspeople, general readers, discussion groups -- wishing to grapple seriously with the subject of faith and wealth.
Author : Hinson-Hasty, Elizabeth L.
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608337030
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Problem of Wealth written by Hinson-Hasty, Elizabeth L. and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem is wealth, not poverty -- Introducing the problem of wealth -- The centrality of economics in Christian theology -- Economism and the ethic of scarcity -- When, why, and how? The boundary between economics and theology -- The current dominant forms of wealth creation and the ethic of scarcity -- Digging for roots to nourish an ethic of enough -- Social trinity, love, and the ethic of enough -- Extensive roots: ecocentric and theocentric visions of economy from a wider variety of the world's great faith traditions -- Increasing the theological and moral imagination of the U.S. middle class -- Real people embodying different values -- Parables for sharing -- Concluding observations and a call to action
Author : Terence Wenzl
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610973666
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)
Download or read book A Conscious Endeavor written by Terence Wenzl and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Conscious Endeavor is a synopsis of the social teachings and the concept of justice in the Old and New Testament. It looks through the lens of the Old Testament books of Torah law and the New Testament teachings of Jesus, applying them to contemporary situations and raising questions regarding housing costs and other basic costs of living. Ultimately, this book invokes the personal conversion of inner change so that readers can apply what they learn to their own work situations and their payment of a just wage.
Author : Joseph Clayton
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Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Economics for Christians, and Other Papers written by Joseph Clayton and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310293375
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)
Download or read book God's Economy written by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide to the good life details how to enjoy a rich, satisfying lifestyle, no matter how much or how little money you have. Rather than being at the mercy of unpredictable market factors, you'll learn how to thrive in God's economy of abundance as you tap into a wealth of community and generosity.
Author : Gene Zubovich
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812298292
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Before the Religious Right written by Gene Zubovich and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we think about religion and politics in the United States today, we think of conservative evangelicals. But for much of the twentieth century it was liberal Protestants who most profoundly shaped American politics. Leaders of this religious community wielded their influence to fight for social justice by lobbying for the New Deal, marching against segregation, and protesting the Vietnam War. Gene Zubovich shows that the important role of liberal Protestants in the battles over poverty, segregation, and U.S. foreign relations must be understood in a global context. Inspired by new transnational networks, ideas, and organizations, American liberal Protestants became some of the most important backers of the United Nations and early promoters of human rights. But they also saw local events from this global vantage point, concluding that a peaceful and just world order must begin at home. In the same way that the rise of the New Right cannot be understood apart from the mobilization of evangelicals, Zubovich shows that the rise of American liberalism in the twentieth century cannot be understood without a historical account of the global political mobilization of liberal Protestants.
Author : Sallie McFague
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451417999
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Life Abundant written by Sallie McFague and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this splendidly crafted work, McFague argues for theology as an ethical imperative for all thinking Christians. It can help Christians assess their own religious story in light of the larger Christian tradition and the felt needs of the planet. She shows readers how articulating their personal religious stories and credos can lead directly into contextual analysis, unfolding of theological concepts, and forms of Christian practice.
Author : Daniel K. Finn
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451452284
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)
Download or read book Christian Economic Ethics written by Daniel K. Finn and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does the history of Christian views of economic life mean for economic life in the twenty-first century? Here Daniel Finn reviews the insights provided by a large number of texts, from the Bible and the early church, to the Middle Ages and the Protestant Reformation, to treatments of the subject in the last century. Relying on both social science and theology, Finn then turns to the implications of this history for economic life today. Throughout, the book invites the reader to engage the sources and to develop an answer to the volume's basic question.
Author : Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451426399
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)
Download or read book Resisting Structural Evil written by Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2013-02-22 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecojustice, social justice, and the Christian conscience ""This is a grand prophetic book motivated by love and focused on justicesocial justice, ecological justice, and dignity for 'the least of these.' Don't miss it!"" --Cornel West, Union Theological Seminary ""This book is a gift to all consumers looking for a way out of their addiction. Those of us (myself included) who know our excessive consumption is causing ecological and economic disasters should read Professor Moe-Lobedas new book. It is the best one-volume analysis of our moral dilemma I know of and, even better, it suggests principles and practices to help deal with it."" --Sallie McFague, Vancouver School of Theology ""Cynthia Moe-Lobeda's Resisting Structural Evil: Love as Ecological and Economic Transformation takes the form of a powerful contribution to Christian ethics, but in fact it is also a major contribution to anyone in any religious or spiritual tradition who seeks to maintain both a commitment to God and to global healing and transformation. Easily accessible and charming in presentation, deep in its ability to confront difficult issues squarely and in a nuanced way, courageous in insisting that we see reality not only as it is but as it could be if we were willing to be ""unrealistic"" for a few moments, manifesting daring of thought combined with a pervasive humilitythis is a true classic of spiritual progressive consciousness, packed full of ideas that should be taught in every college and university and religious seminary, every church, synagogue, mosque and ashram!"" --Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor, Tikkun Magazine; Chair, The Network of Spiritual Progressives ""Cynthia Moe-Lobeda's book is one of the strongest statements yet to be made on the intricate connections between ecology and justice. The powerful stories and persuasive arguments lay the groundwork for the necessary transformations ahead. It will be a catalyst for change!"" --Mary Evelyn Tucker, Forum on Religion and Ecology, Yale University Key Features: Mapping the ethical terrain of an imperiled planet Convincingly showing how ecojustice relates to economic justice Rethinking Christian ethics in light of the ecological crisis The increasingly pressing situation of Planet Earth poses urgent ethical questions for Christians. But, as Cynthia Moe-Lobeda argues, the future of the earth is not simply a matter of protecting species and habitats but of rethinking the very meaning of Christian ethics. The earth crisis cannot be understood apart from the larger human crisiseconomic equity, social values, and human purpose are bound up with the planet's survival. In a sense, she says, the whole earth is a moral community. Reorienting Christian ethics from its usual anthropocentrism to an ecocentrism entails a new framework that Moe-Lobeda lays out in her first chapters, culminating in a creative rethinking of how it is that we understand morally. With this ""moral epistemology"" in place, she unfolds her notion of ""moral vision"" and applies it to the present situation in a full-fledged earth-honoring, justice-seeking Christian ethical stance.
Author : Skip Worden
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739139835
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Godliness and Greed written by Skip Worden and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional scholarship often points to the Calvinists and Max Weber's writing on the Protestant ethic as the catalysts to changing Christian attitudes concerning profit-seeking and wealth. Author Skip Worden argues that the seeds of this change occurred centuries earlier. From the beginning of the Commercial Revolution to the fifteenth-century Renaissance, he shows that the predominant Christian thought on economics went through a fundamental shift, becoming favorable toward profit-seeking and wealth-holding. Worden discusses this dramatic change and explains how the general antagonism toward the pursuit of wealth before the Commercial Revolution transformed into Protestant theologians' fighting against the prevailing view of a pro-wealth paradigm during the fifteenth century. Worden contends that the shift away from the Patristic view of wealth occurred well before the addition of the Calvinist spirit of capitalism and the Puritan work ethic into Christian economic vernacular. Drawing on Plato, Cicero, and Augustine, early Protestant theologians unsuccessfully sought to check the rising dominance of the pro-wealth Christian paradigm, which they believed had been pushed too far. These theologians of the sixteenth and seventeenth century felt it was too close to advocating love of gain itself, something too close to the sin of greed. How well the Reformation succeeded can be assessed by Worden's insightful concluding study of John D. Rockefeller, the ascetic steward of God's Gold in the form of monopoly.
Author : Wilfrid John Richmond
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Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Christian Economics written by Wilfrid John Richmond and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
