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

Wheeler, Sondra Ely

 
9780802807335: Wealth as Peril and Obligation: The New Testament on Possessions
Softcover
ISBN 10: 080280733X ISBN 13: 9780802807335
Verlag: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

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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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

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.

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Verlag
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Erscheinungsdatum
1996
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
080280733X
ISBN 13 
9780802807335
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
180
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