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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452490603321

Autore

Barrera Albino

Titolo

Biblical economic ethics : sacred scripture's teachings on economic life / / Albino Barrera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-4985-1584-3

0-7391-8230-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (371 p.)

Disciplina

261.8/5

Soggetti

Economics in the Bible

Economics - Religious aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Methodological Issues; I: Old Testament; 2 Socioeconomic Conditions; 3 Covenant and Law; 4 Prophets; 5 Wisdom Literature; II: New Testament; 6 Socioeconomic Conditions; 7 Mark; 8 Matthew; 9 Luke-Acts; 10 Pauline Letters and James; III: Toward a Biblical Theology of Economic Life; 11 A Divine Order of Conditional Prosperity; 12 Gift of Divine Friendship; 13 Gift of One Another; 14 Gift of the Earth; 15 Summary and Conclusions; References; Index; Index of Scripture Passages; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Written in non-technical language accessible to non-specialist readers, this book is a theological synthesis of the findings of scripture scholars and ethicists on what the Bible teaches about economic life. It proposes a biblical theology of economic life that examines what the individual sections of Sacred Scripture say about proper economic conduct and how these teachings fit within the larger theology and ethics of the biblical books in which they are found.