TY - BOOK AU - Hinson-Hasty,Elizabeth L. TI - The problem of wealth: a Christian response to a culture of affluence SN - 9781626982383 (pbk.) AV - BR115.W4 H56 2017 U1 - 261.8/5 23 KW - Catholic Church KW - Doctrines KW - Wealth KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Poverty KW - Economics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -