Christian economic ethics: history and implications
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 subjec...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Εκτύπωση Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Υπηρεσία παραγγελιών Subito: | Παραγγείλετε τώρα. |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Έκδοση: |
Minneapolis, Minn.
Fortress Press
2013
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| Στο/Στη: | Έτος: 2013 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Οικονομική ηθική (μοτίβο)
/ Ηθική θεολογία
B Χριστιανική ηθική / Αποδοχή (μοτίβο) / Οικονομική ηθική (μοτίβο) |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Economics
Moral and ethical aspects
B Economics Religious aspects Christianity B Christian Ethics |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Table of Contents (Publisher) Blurb (Publisher) |
| Σύνοψη: | 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. pt. 1. Introduction. Introduction: well water deep down -- How a living tradition means -- pt. 2. From the Bible to the Reformation. The Hebrew Scriptures -- The New Testament -- The early church -- Christian faith and concern for the poor -- The early church: patristic teaching on ownership and wealth -- The beginnings of monastic life -- The Medieval period: Thomas Aquinas and natural law ethics -- The Medieval period: Thomas Aquinas on four economic issues -- The Protestant Reformation -- pt. 3. Resources for Interpretation. The development of moral teaching -- Engaging controversies today -- What we should and should not learn from economics -- pt. 4. Modern church teaching on economic life. Pope Leo XIII and Pope Pius XI -- Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI -- Contemporary Protestant thought on economic life -- Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI -- pt. 5. Coming to conclusions. Principles for an economic ethic today -- Implications for an economic ethic today -- Society, government, and market: getting the relationships right -- Conclusion |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-404) and index Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:[2013] |
| Φυσική περιγραφή: | IX, 412 S., illustrations, 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8006-9961-1 0-8006-9961-0 |
