Description
Understanding wealth as a problem is exceedingly difficult in a society where wealth is the condition to which we all are led to aspire. Many forms of Christianity have adapted themselves to this societal framework, most notably the prosperity gospel, which positions Christian life as a means to possessing the American dream. Recently I heard the story of one adherent to this form of Christianity who was thrown into existential anxiety by a decline in fortune. As he lost wealth, he began to wonder whether he was really a Christian. In her recent book, The Problem of Wealth: A Christian Response to a Culture of Affluence, Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty prompts us to ask the opposite question, presenting the case that wealth might in fact present a serious obstacle to entering the kingdom of God. She notes the volume of recent research and advocacy dedicated to describing the problems of inequality and poverty, but suggests that by reframing the problem as wealth we might call into question the ways of resolving our current disorder that assume the necessity of greater production and greater accumulation.
Additional information
| Weight | 330 g |
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| Dimensions | 21 × 14 × 1.5 cm |
| Sub Title | A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO A CULTURE OF AFFLUENCE |
| Author | ELIZABETH L. HINSON-HASTY |
| ISBN | 9789383163861 |
