Wealth and the will of God : discerning the use of riches in the service of ultimate purpose / / Paul G. Schervish and Keith Whitaker

• Autore: Schervish Paul G
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.