Wealth as Peril and Obligation: The New Testament on Possessions - Softcover

Wheeler, Sondra Ely

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080280733X ISBN 13: 9780802807335

Verlag: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1996

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Demonstrates that Scripture can both form and inform contemporary thinking on wealth issues. Wheeler provides a careful interpretation of key New Testament texts. The result is a practical, biblical statement on wealth and ownership that can help Christians and Churches come to grip with the economic ethical issues of the day.

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Martha Ashby Carr Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.

Sondra Ely Wheeler is assistant professor of Christian ethics, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.

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Sondra Ely Wheeler shows how Scripture can both form and inform contemporary moral discernment regarding wealth. After first developing a sound methodology for interpreting the New Testament's moral witness on this sticky ethical question, Wheeler gives a responsible exegesis of the key New Testament texts that deal with wealth and possessions. What results is a practical, biblically based statement regarding the ethics of wealth and ownership and a useful set of criteria for sound moral discernment concerning economic life within the contemporary Christian church.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 080280733X
• ISBN 13: 9780802807335
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 180
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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