The Problem of Luxury in the Christian Life

DESPITE ITS PROMINENCE IN BOTH BIBLICAL AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE, the moral category of luxury has been lost in contemporary Christian ethics. To address the spending of one's money as a moral act, I propose recovering the category. A survey of the history of the term illustrates its particular...

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Published in:Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Main Author: Cloutier, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center 2012
In: Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-20
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Summary:DESPITE ITS PROMINENCE IN BOTH BIBLICAL AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE, the moral category of luxury has been lost in contemporary Christian ethics. To address the spending of one's money as a moral act, I propose recovering the category. A survey of the history of the term illustrates its particular place in a set of economic virtues and vices, and suggests that its
ISSN:2326-2176
Contains:Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/sce.2012.0002