God And the Evil of Scarcity: Moral Foundations of Economic Agency
Автор:Albino Barrera Год: 2005 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 287 ISBN: 0268021937 "This is a very big, very important work that takes up a large and urgent issue and follows it through with vigorous, meticulous study." ?Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary "Professor Barrera addresses an important theological question: 'Why would a benevolent God create a world of material scarcity with all the suffering accompanying this fact?' He goes beyond answering this question by showing that the sacrifices demanded to deal with the challenge of scarcity create virtues and situations that are deeply Christian. Barrera's well-written, jargon-free book will capture the attention of anyone interested in this topic." ?Wilfried Ver Eecke, Georgetown University Written for theologians, philosophers, social scientists, and policymakers interested in the theological and philosophical foundations of economics, God and the Evil of Scarcity argues that precarious, subsistence living is not an immutable law of nature. Rather, such a chronic, dismal...
