Wealth and Poverty: Christian Economic Thought

Ayman Reda
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Ayman Reda: The University of Michigan - Dearborn

Chapter Chapter 10 in Prophecy, Piety, and Profits, 2018, pp 131-151 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter explores the vast tradition of Christian economic thought on the subject of wealth and poverty. This tradition includes the scripture of the Old and New Testaments, the writings of the early Church Fathers and the medieval Scholastics, the modern Papal encyclicals, and the opinions of contemporary Christian theologians and economists. The predominant Christian position on the subject is largely derivative of the stewardship view of wealth, and its implications with respect to property, poverty, and charity.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-56825-0_10

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