02344nam 2200541 a 450 991078852800332120200520144314.01-283-61393-X0-7391-3985-19786613926388(CKB)3360000000435072(EBL)1031998(OCoLC)855502340(SSID)ssj0000720731(PQKBManifestationID)12322341(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720731(PQKBWorkID)10668892(PQKB)10679681(MiAaPQ)EBC1031998(Au-PeEL)EBL1031998(CaPaEBR)ebr10606914(CaONFJC)MIL392638(EXLCZ)99336000000043507220100909d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGodliness and greed[electronic resource] shifting Christian thought on profit and wealth /Skip WordenLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20101 online resource (330 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-3983-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Antecedents: natural wealth and justice -- The strict and moderated anti-wealth schools -- Augustine -- Medieval voluntary poverty -- Aquinas -- The Renaissance -- Luther -- Calvin -- Puritan stewardship -- Rockefeller's business ethic -- The pietistic Puritan -- Conclusion: on the complicity of Christianity.Skip Worden shows the profound transformation of Christian thought on economics from the beginning of the Commercial Revolution to the fifteenth-century Renaissance. Worden explains how the general antagonism toward the pursuit of wealth before the Commercial Revolution turned into Protestant theologians' fighting against the prevailing view of a pro-wealth paradigm during the fifteenth century.WealthReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesWealthReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrines.261.8/509Worden Skip1462153MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788528003321Godliness and greed3670997UNINA