The vice of luxury : economic excess in a consumer age /

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The problem of luxury has been neglected in contemporary Christian theology and philosophy, as well as in the broader social debate about the morality of our common economic life. And according to moral theologian David Cloutier this neglect of luxury has had harmful consequences: Greco-Roman and Ju...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cloutier, David, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2015]
Colección:Moral traditions series.
Temas:
Luxury > Moral and ethical aspects.
Wealth > Moral and ethical aspects.
Wealth > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Consumption (Economics) > Moral and ethical aspects.
Socioeconomic Factors > history
Luxe > Aspect moral.
Richesse > Aspect moral.
Richesse > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ethics.
Consumption (Economics) > Moral and ethical aspects
Luxury > Moral and ethical aspects
Wealth > Moral and ethical aspects
Wealth > Religious aspects > Christianity
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Why Luxury?
  • Chapter 2. Luxury in History : A Brief Survey
  • Chapter 3. Neglected Vice : How Luxury Degrades Us, Our Work, and Our Communities
  • Chapter 4. Neglected Sacramentality : Why Luxury Blocks a Spirituality of our Material Goods
  • Chapter 5. Neglecting Positionality : Why Luxury Does Not Necessarily Help the Economy
  • Chapter 6. Luxury Defined
  • Chapter 7. Luxury and Social Context : Who Has More Than Enough?
  • Chapter 8. Luxury and Necessity : What is Enough?
  • Chapter 9. Luxury and Sacrament : What's Beyond Enough?
  • Conclusion. Resisting with Discipline, Responding with Hope.

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