Having : property and possession in religious and social life / edited by William Schweiker & Charles Mathewes.

Other author Schweiker, William.
Other author Mathewes, Charles T., 1969-
Format Book
Publication InfoGrand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., ©2004.
Descriptionix, 415 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Property--Religious aspects. --Christianity. --History of doctrines.
Property--Biblical teaching.

Contents Introduction / William Schweiker and Charles Mathewes -- Property and possession in light of the Ten Commandments / Patrick D. Miller -- Sharing and loving: love, law, and the ethics of cultural memory in the Pentateuch / Andreas Schuele -- Possessing wealth, possessing women, possessing self: the shame of biblical discourse / Claudia V. Camp -- Silver chamber pots and other goods which are not good: John Chrysostom's discourse against wealth and possessions / Margaret M. Mitchell -- Subjectivist "faith" as a religious trap / Michael Welker -- The body and projects of self-possession / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- What is enough? Catholic social thought, consumption, and material sufficiency / Christine Firer Hinze -- On using the world / Charles Mathewes -- Material grace: the paradox of property and possession / David E. Klemm -- Reconsidering greed / William Schweiker -- The cultural contest for our attention: observations on media, property, and religion / Günter Thomas -- Identity, possession, and myth on the web: yearning for Jerusalem / David M. Gunn -- Avarice, prudence, and the bourgeois virtues / Deirdre McCloskey -- Property and possession: the moral economy of ownership / Arjo Klamer -- Economies of grace / Kathryn Tanner -- Appendix: Bibliographic resources on property and possession: a critical analysis / Jonathan R. Gangle.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 383-415).
LCCN 2003064344
ISBN0802824846 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780802824844 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BR115.E3 H345 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold