Money, Greed, And God: Why Capitalism Is The Solution And Not The Problem
by Jay W. Richards /
2009 / English / PDF
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Christianity generally sees capitalism as either bad because it
causes much of the world's suffering, or good because God wants you
to prosper and be rich. But there is a large, growing audience of
evangelical and mainline Christians who are deeply uneasy about how
to follow Jesus's mandate to care for the poor and the environment
while living with the excesses of capitalism. Now, a noted
Christian scholar argues that there is a middle view that reveals
Christianity cannot only accommodate capitalism, but Christian
theology can help explain why capitalism works. By highlighting the
most common myths committed by Christians when thinking about
economics, such as 'capitalism is based on greed and over
consumption' or 'if someone becomes rich that automatically means
someone else will become poor,' Money, Guilt, and God equips
readers to take practical steps in their own lives to conduct
business, worship God, and serve others without falling into the
'prosperity gospel' trap.
Christianity generally sees capitalism as either bad because it
causes much of the world's suffering, or good because God wants you
to prosper and be rich. But there is a large, growing audience of
evangelical and mainline Christians who are deeply uneasy about how
to follow Jesus's mandate to care for the poor and the environment
while living with the excesses of capitalism. Now, a noted
Christian scholar argues that there is a middle view that reveals
Christianity cannot only accommodate capitalism, but Christian
theology can help explain why capitalism works. By highlighting the
most common myths committed by Christians when thinking about
economics, such as 'capitalism is based on greed and over
consumption' or 'if someone becomes rich that automatically means
someone else will become poor,' Money, Guilt, and God equips
readers to take practical steps in their own lives to conduct
business, worship God, and serve others without falling into the
'prosperity gospel' trap.