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Written in non-technical language accessible to non-specialist readers, this book is a theological synthesis of the findings of scripture scholars and ethicists on what the Bible teaches about economic life. It proposes a biblical theology of economic life that addresses three questions, namely:
Auteur
Albino Barrera is professor of theology and economics at Providence College. His books include Market Complicity and Christian Ethics (Cambridge, 2011), Globalization and Economic Ethics: Distributive Justice in the Knowledge Economy (Palgrave MacMillan, 2007), Economic Compulsion and Christian Ethics (Cambridge, 2005), God and the Evil of Scarcity: Moral Foundations of Economic Agency (Notre Dame, 2005), and Modern Catholic Social Documents and Political Economy (Georgetown, 2001).
Contenu
Preface
Chapter 1: Methodological Issues: Using Sacred Scripture in Economic Ethics
Part I. Old Testament
Chapter 2: Socioeconomic Conditions: Biblical Israel
Chapter 3: Covenant and Law
Chapter 4: Prophets
Chapter 5: Wisdom Literature
Part II. New Testament
Chapter 6: Socioeconomic Conditions: First-Century Palestine
Chapter 7: Mark
Chapter 8: Matthew
Chapter 9: LukeActs
Chapter 10: Pauline Letters and James
Part III. Toward a Biblical Theology of Economic Life
Chapter 11: A Divine Order of Conditional Prosperity
Chapter 12: Gift of Divine Friendship: Imitatio Dei
Chapter 13: Gift of One Another: Mutual Solicitude and Care for the Poor
Chapter 14: Gift of the Earth: Stewardship
Chapter 15: Summary and Conclusions: Economic Life as Participation in God's Providence