Wealth and the will of God : discerning the use of riches in the service of ultimate purpose / / Paul G. Schervish and Keith Whitaker
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| Autore: |
Schervish Paul G
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| Titolo: |
Wealth and the will of God : discerning the use of riches in the service of ultimate purpose / / Paul G. Schervish and Keith Whitaker
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| 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
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| 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: | 9786612539909 |
| 9781282539907 | |
| 1282539906 | |
| 9780253004062 | |
| 0253004063 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910968992803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.