Godliness and greed

Worden, Skip.

Godliness and greed shifting Christian thought on profit and wealth / [electronic resource] : Skip Worden. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010. - 1 online resource (xvi, 313 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Antecedents: natural wealth and justice -- The strict and moderated anti-wealth schools -- Augustine -- Medieval voluntary poverty -- Aquinas -- The Renaissance -- Luther -- Calvin -- Puritan stewardship -- Rockefeller's business ethic -- The pietistic Puritan -- Conclusion: on the complicity of Christianity.

9780739139851 (electronic bk.) 0739139851 (electronic bk.)


Wealth--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
RELIGION / Christianity / General


Electronic books.

BR115.W4 / W67 2010eb

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