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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cloutier, David, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wealth > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Wealth > Moral and ethical aspects.
Luxury > Moral and ethical aspects.
Consumption (Economics) > Moral and ethical aspects.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ethics.
Richesse > Aspect moral.
Luxe > Aspect moral.
Socioeconomic Factors > history
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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