Paul G Schervish, Albert Keith Whitaker

Wealth and the Will of God

Discerning the Use of Riches in the Service of Ultimate Purpose

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Though the ideas vary greatly, the chapters are organized to facilitate comparisons among these thinkers on issues of ultimate purposes or aspirations of human life; on the penultimate purposes of love, charity, friendship, and care; on the resources available to human beings in this life; and finally on ways to connect and implement in practice our identified resources with our ultimate ends.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9780253221483
• ISBN-10: 025322148X
• Artikelnr.: 26570310

Autorenporträt

Paul G. Schervish, Albert Keith Whitaker

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Moral Biography
1. Aristotle: "Being-in-Action" and Discernment
2. Aquinas: "Distinguish Ends and Means"
3. Ignatius: All Things Ordered to Service of God
4. Luther: Receiving and Sharing God's Gift
5. Calvin: Giving Gratitude to God
6. Jonathan Edwards: Awakenings to Benevolence
Conclusion: Classical Wisdom and Contemporary Decisions: The Contribution
of Western Christianity to Discernment about Wealth
Selected Readings
Index