The problem of wealth : a Christian response to a culture of affluence - Hinson-Hasty, Elizabeth L. (2017)
The problem is wealth, not poverty -- Introducing the problem of wealth -- The centrality of economics in Christian theology -- Economism and the ethic of scarcity -- When, why, and how? The boundary between economics and theology -- The current dominant forms of wealth creation and the ethic of scarcity -- Digging for roots to nourish an ethic of enough -- Social trinity, love, and the ethic of enough -- Extensive roots: ecocentric and theocentric visions of economy from a wider variety of the world's great faith traditions -- Increasing the theological and moral imagination of the U.S. middle class -- Real people embodying different values -- Parables for sharing -- Concluding observations and a call to action.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Economics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity