Godliness and Greed : Shifting Christian Thought on Profit and Wealth.

Skip Worden shows the profound transformation of Christian thought on economics from the beginning of the Commercial Revolution to the fifteenth-century Renaissance. Worden explains how the general antagonism toward the pursuit of wealth before the Commercial Revolution turned into Protestant theolo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Worden, Skip
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2010.
Subjects:
Wealth > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines.
Richesse > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Wealth > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Part I: The Patristic Anti-Wealth Paradigm; 1: Antecedents: Natural Wealth and Justice; 2: The Strict and Moderated Anti-Wealth Schools; 3: Augustine; 4: Medieval Voluntary Poverty; Part II: The Paradigmatic Shift; 5: Aquinas; 6: The Renaissance; Part III: The Protestant Reformation; 7: Luther; 8: Calvin; 9: Puritan Stewardship; Part IV: John D. Rockefeller; 10: Rockefeller's Business Ethic; 11: The Pietistic Puritan; Conclusion: On the Complicity of Christianity.
  • Appendix A: A Translation of John Calvin's Fifth Sermon on Deuteronomy 23Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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