The Peril of Usury in the Christian Tradition

Through the sixteenth century, the Christian tradition upheld the biblical denunciation of usury as the oppression of the poor and the neighbor. The church should critically retrieve this understanding as a contribution to the public discourse about the oppressive use of interest and debt in the cur...

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Main Author: Meeks, M. Douglas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2011
In: Interpretation
Year: 2011, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 128-140
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Summary:Through the sixteenth century, the Christian tradition upheld the biblical denunciation of usury as the oppression of the poor and the neighbor. The church should critically retrieve this understanding as a contribution to the public discourse about the oppressive use of interest and debt in the current worldwide fiscal crises.
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/002096431106500204