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On being rich and poor : Christianity in a time of economic globalization / Jacques Ellul ; compiled, edited, and translated by Willem H. Vanderburg.
LIBRA BR115.E3 E46 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellul, Jacques, 1912-1994
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Economics.
- Globalization--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Globalization.
- Economics in the Bible.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 273 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Amos 1
- 1 Introduction to Amos 3
- 2 The Prophecies against the Six Surrounding Nations 12
- 3 The Prophecies against Judah and Israel 23
- Overview 23
- The Prophecy against Judah 23
- The Prophecy against Israel 26
- Israel's Punishment 32
- 4 Intertwining Themes... 35
- Overview 35
- The Role of Prophecy 35
- The Crimes 38
- The Punishments 41
- 5 God's Pedagogy and the Evolving Revelation 45
- Overview 45
- The Five Scourges 46
- Cod's Pedagogy
- God Awaits His People 50
- 6 Justice and Related Themes 53
- Overview 53
- Justice 54
- The Power of God 58
- God's Appeal 61
- 7 The Five Visions 64
- Overview 64
- The five Visions 64
- Vision and the Word 69
- 8 Confronting the Religious Establishment, and the Silence of God 74
- Overview 74
- The Quarrel with the High Priest of Bethel 74
- The Silence of God 78
- 9 Reconciliation 81
- Overview 81
- Israel in History 81
- Israel from an Eschatological Perspective 85
- Part 2 The Letter of James 91
- 10 Introduction to James 93
- 11 Overview of the Christian life 95
- To All People 95
- Life as a Test of Who We Are 96
- Money as a Test 102
- Beginning a New Life 113
- The Word and the New Life 123
- 12 The Other 132
- Life without Religion? 132
- Life as the Practice of Faith 144
- 13 The Word 153
- Our Words 153
- Wisdom, Intelligent, Words and Lies 160
- 14 Life in the World 170
- What Is the World? 170
- The World and Defilement 177
- The World of Judgments and Planning 186
- 15 To Whom or What Do We Belong? 195
- The World of the Rich 195
- Divided Loyalties 206
- 16 Our Christian Lives Together 216
- Postscript: The Poverty and1 Riches of Jews and Christians 234
- The Flesh, the Law, and the Spirit 234
- The Refusal of the Jewish People 239
- God's Strategy 240
- Love and Justice 244
- Grafted onto the Jewish Tree 247.
- Notes:
- Includes English translations of a series of informal lectures given by Jacques Ellul over a period of several years.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442648548
- 1442648546
- 9781442626263
- 1442626267
- OCLC:
- 865495478
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