Tag: generosity
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Bloodletting Economics
Robert Lupton is the author of some excellent books like Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor and Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It). Each month he does a newsletter for FCS Ministries in Atlanta. This month was a particularly interesting piece.…
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My Response to Brueggemann’s Biblical Economics.
Scot McKnight recently linked a piece by Walter Brueggemann's called A Biblical Approach to the Economic Crisis. I've read and generally liked several things Brueggemann has written, which is part of why I find articles like this so irksome. Here is what I wrote on the Jesus Creed blog. ********** Thanks for the link to…
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Self-Interest and Benevolence: Partners, not Antonyms (Part 11)
(Link to Part 10) Benevolence in Family and Beyond I concluded the last post by characterizing the family as a benevolence-oriented commune. There is communal property. Some laborers produce goods for trade. There is a place for those without the capacity to do economic labor and a place for caregivers. Biological bonds and those established…
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Money can buy you happiness – if you spend it on others: study
CBC News: Money can buy you happiness – if you spend it on others: study People are happier when they spend money on others than when they spend it on themselves, a new study by researchers in Canada and the United States suggests. "Our results suggest that how people spend their money is at least…