The Virtue Of Prosperity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Virtue Of Prosperity write by Dinesh D'Souza. This book was released on 2002-05-10. The Virtue Of Prosperity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In The Virtue of Prosperity, Dinesh D'Souza examines the spiritual and social crisis spawned by the new economy and new technologies of the last ten years. D'Souza questions the basic premise of the American dream that prosperity and "progress" will better the human condition. Anchored in history, rich in anecdote, and supported by state-of-the-art data, The Virtue of Prosperity is a tough-minded critique of our high-tech culture, with a surprising prescription for doing well and doing good.
Virtue & Affluence
Virtue & Affluence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Virtue & Affluence write by John C. Haughey. This book was released on 1997. Virtue & Affluence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Beginning in 1991, Jesuit priest and lecturer John Haughey was asked to conduct a series of weekend workshops for Christian people who had considerable wealth ? mostly multimillionaires. He was challenged to help them reflect on their responsibilities or ?call? with respect to their wealth, leading them as a group of peers to shed light on their own personal reflections and insights. Members of the middle class are intrigued by the wealthy but they also find that they are bedeviled by many of the same questions that bother those addressed in this challenging and incisive book.
The Virtue of Prosperity
The Virtue of Prosperity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Virtue of Prosperity write by Dinesh D'Souza. This book was released on 2000. The Virtue of Prosperity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discusses the potential problems of technological advancement in America, such as class conflict and transformation of the human race due to life-span lengthening and parents' choosing children's genetic makeups, and proposes ways of using technology to promote overall prosperity while preserving values.
The Good of Affluence
The Good of Affluence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Good of Affluence write by John R. Schneider. This book was released on 2002. The Good of Affluence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. wealth incompatible with true Christianity? In The Good of Affluence John R. Schneider reopens the debate over the proper Christian attitude toward money, arguing, ultimately, that Scripture does indeed provide support for the responsible possession of wealth. This is a provocative book of Christian theology, written to help people seeking God in a culture that has grown from modern capitalism. By comparing classic Christian teaching on wealth with the realities of our modern economic world, Schneider challenges the common presumption that material affluence is inherently bad. Careful interpretation of Scripture narratives -- creation, exodus, exile, and more -- also shows that abundance is the condition that God envisions for all human beings and that faithful persons of wealth are part of this plan. Schneider believes that the "wealth-as-blessing" themes of the Old Testament are not to be spiritualized and do not run contrary to New Testament teachings but provide exactly the frame of reference for the incarnate identity, life, and teaching of Jesus, who came to make real the messianic feast, both in this age and in the age to come. Through insightful engagement with the biblical text Schneider overturns some of the most cherished and unquestioned assumptions of influential Christian writers (particularly Ronald Sider) on modern capitalist affluence. Yet Schneider's message is also finely balanced with the need for responsible Christian living. He offers rich Christians biblical affirmation but also challenges them to a life shaped by an uncommon sense of stewardship and compassion. Incisive, thought provoking, and biblically grounded, The Good of Affluence is a superb resource for anyone -- students, professors, businesspeople, general readers, discussion groups -- wishing to grapple seriously with the subject of faith and wealth.
The Moral Demands of Affluence
The Moral Demands of Affluence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Moral Demands of Affluence write by Garrett Cullity. This book was released on 2006-09-21. The Moral Demands of Affluence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How much are we morally required to do to help people who are much worse off than us? On any credible moral outlook, other people's pressing need for assistance can ground moral requirements on us to help them—-requirements of beneficence. How far do those requirements extend? One way to think about this is by means of a simple analogy: an analogy between joining in efforts to help people at a distance and rescuing a needy person yourself, directly. Part I of Garrett Cullity's book examines this analogy. In some ways, the analogy is not only simple, but politically and metaphysically simplistic. However, it contains an important truth: we are morally required to help other people, indirectly as well as directly. But the number of needy people in the world is enormous, and their need is very great. Once we start to recognize requirements to help them, when is it morally acceptable to stop? Cullity answers this question in Part II. Examining the nature of beneficence, he argues that its requirements only make sense on the assumption that many of the interests we share in common-rich and poor alike-are interests it is not wrong to pursue.
