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By Douglas A. Hicks

ISBN-10: 0787997757

ISBN-13: 9780787997755

Reflections for Christians for facing funds in a consumer-driven worldIn this much-needed booklet Douglas Hicks appears to be like at how Christian religion applies to the practices of monetary life-spending, saving, giving in particular in its place to a lifetime of unbridled consumerism. This e-book deals reflections for individuals of religion and an individual who desires to attach their Monday via Saturday lives with their religion and reside a extra built-in means. It takes a glance at how one can realistically practice Christian rules in those in particular perilous financial instances. Explores how Christians can reconsider their practices of religion as shoppers, traders, and earnersOffers reflections on a major Christian thought in a pragmatic, vigorous, and fascinating variety includes rules for assembly the standard pressures, questions, and anxieties of monetary existence as they connect to Christian faithA new quantity within the Practices of religion SeriesThe ebook is stuffed with the author's level-headed, considerate reflections on Christian practices of having and spending.

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In contrast, other countries, like Brazil, Gabon, and South Africa, are quite “inefficient” at converting their relatively high incomes into adequate life expectancies. S. 13 Income leaves much to be desired if we want to protect human dignity and promote overall well-being. Indeed, at the personal level, earning income may even have a negative relationship to at least a few capabilities. I have a few friends with high-powered jobs, truly exciting jobs, who are so busy 29 Valuing that they have lost their capacity to connect with other people.

Not only do I believe that this question would be hard to answer empirically, I am not at all certain that it is the proper measure of the success of this educational initiative. I do not believe we can fully capture the benefits of learning in the community—or in the classroom, for that matter—in a monetary figure. Stated differently, it is not necessary to show that an educational program has financial benefits to regard it as valuable or successful. The achievements for which the program is designed may or may not have financial benefits.

This frame, as H. Richard Niebuhr helps us to see, is idolatrous. It makes a god out of things that are important but not ultimate. Where do we see econocentrism today? In practices that confuse financial influence for (im)moral influence, such as when the affluent are able to get away with behavior that lands ordinary people in jail. In vocational decisions that value salary over other aspects of quality of life, such as when individuals choose career paths based on economic status alone. And in public policies that favor shortterm economic benefits over careful attention to social and climate concerns, such as when governments waive environmental standards so that companies can quickly boost output.

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