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Autore: | Schervish Paul G |
Titolo: | Wealth and the will of God : discerning the use of riches in the service of ultimate purpose / / Paul G. Schervish and Keith Whitaker |
Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
Disciplina: | 261.8/5 |
Soggetto topico: | Wealth - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines |
Wealth - Biblical teaching | |
Altri autori: | WhitakerAlbert Keith |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Moral biography -- Aristotle: being-in-action and discernment -- Aquinas: distinguish ends and means -- Ignatius: all things ordered to service of God -- Luther: receiving and sharing God's gift -- Calvin: giving gratitude to God -- Jonathan Edwards: awakenings to benevolence -- Classical wisdom and contemporary decisions: the contribution of Western Christianity to discernment about wealth. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Though the ideas vary greatly, the chapters are organized to facilitate comparisons among these thinkers on issues of ultimate purposes or aspirations of human life; on the penultimate purposes of love, charity, friendship, and care; on the resources available to human beings in this life; and finally on ways to connect and implement in practice our identified resources with our ultimate ends. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Wealth and the will of God |
ISBN: | 1-282-53990-6 |
9786612539909 | |
0-253-00406-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910829397903321 |
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