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Wealth as Peril and Obligation: New Testament on Possessions - Softcover

Wheeler, Sandra Ely

 
9780802807335: Wealth as Peril and Obligation: New Testament on Possessions
Softcover
ISBN 10: 080280733X ISBN 13: 9780802807335
Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1995

Synopsis

Demonstrates that Scripture can both form and inform contemporary thinking on wealth issues. Wheeler provides a careful interpretation of key New Testament texts. The result is a practical, biblical statement on wealth and ownership that can help Christians and Churches come to grip with the economic ethical issues of the day.

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About the Author

Martha Ashby Carr Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.

From the Back Cover

Sondra Ely Wheeler shows how Scripture can both form and inform contemporary moral discernment regarding wealth. After first developing a sound methodology for interpreting the New Testament's moral witness on this sticky ethical question, Wheeler gives a responsible exegesis of the key New Testament texts that deal with wealth and possessions. What results is a practical, biblically based statement regarding the ethics of wealth and ownership and a useful set of criteria for sound moral discernment concerning economic life within the contemporary Christian church.

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Publisher
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
080280733X
ISBN 13 
9780802807335
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
180