The problem of wealth : a Christian response to a culture of affluence / Elizabeth L. Hinson-Hasty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hinson-Hasty, Elizabeth L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wealth--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Wealth.

Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Poverty.

Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Economics.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Other Title:

Problem of Wealth

Place of Publication:

ORBIS

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

1-60833-703-0