The Economics Of The Parables

Author : Robert Sirico
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781684512911

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The Economics of the Parables by Robert Sirico Pdf

Timeless and moral economic wisdom for life's choices and changes derived from the parables of the New Testament by famed free market advocate and Catholic priest Robert Sirico. Libraries are filled with books on the parables of Christ, and rightly so. In the words of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, “While civilizations have come and gone, these stories continue to teach us anew with their freshness and their humanity.” Two millennia later, the New Testament parables remain ubiquitous, and yet, few have stopped to glean from one of Christ’s most prevalent analogies: money. In The Economics of the Parables, Rev. Robert Sirico pulls back the veil of modernity to reveal the timeless economic wisdom of the parables. Thirteen central stories—including “The Laborers in the Vineyard,” “The Rich Fool,” “The Five Talents,” and “The Faithful Steward”—serve as his guide, revealing practical lessons in caring for the poor, stewarding wealth, distributing inheritances, navigating income disparities, and resolving family tensions. As contemporary as any business manual and sure to outlast them, The Economics of the Parables equips any economically informed reader to uncover the enduring financial truths of the parables in a reasonable, sensible, and life-empowering manner.

Author : David Cowan
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830858866

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Economic Parables by David Cowan Pdf

Ever wondered how to pay the next bill? Felt the world is unfair in economic rewards? Been indecisive about investing wisely? These types of fiscal questions are addressed from a Christian viewpoint in Economic Parables. Using his vast experience in the financial world as well as church ministry, the author invites you to listen directly to the words of Jesus and reflect on a number of economic parables to understand life in an increasingly globalized economy. Some of the answers you find will be surprising, in part because Jesus was a more sophisticated economist than he is given credit for. His words will shed light on many modern economic problems and decisions we may not think to go to the Bible about. By taking this journey through the economic parables, your response to finances and the global marketplace will be enriched from a balanced biblical approach. Each chapter contains a parable and reflection, followed by a question making this book ideal for group or personal Bible study.

Author : Roelf Haan
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802860125

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The Economics of Honor by Roelf Haan Pdf

In this short, hard-hitting volume, Roelf Haan critiques the assumptions that underlie our current economic system and makes the case for a truly biblical alternative. / The Economics of Honor walks through the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, but it blazes an unfamiliar path. Through careful exegesis Haan draws economic insights from surprising passages and challenges conventional interpretations of some of Jesus' parables. Haan also draws insights from a wide-ranging number of thinkers, including John Calvin, Jacques Ellul, Ren Girard, Germaine Greer, and several Latin American liberation theologians. / A provocative and fascinating read, The Economics of Honor challenges accepted economic wisdom and exchanges it for groundbreaking, well-reasoned arguments on how the Bible would have us live today.

Author : Laurence S. Seidman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Economics
ISBN : 1317472500

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Economic Parables & Policies by Laurence S. Seidman Pdf

Author : Laurence S. Seidman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317472513

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Economic Parables and Policies by Laurence S. Seidman Pdf

This work includes sections on combating recessions and the free market, as well as updated material on the pros and cons of establishing new individual accounts under Social Security. It also includes a discussion of the tax-credit approach to encourage the purchase of health insurance.

Author : Laurence S. Seidman
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0765611082

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Economic Parables & Policies by Laurence S. Seidman Pdf

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- I. Introduction to Economics -- 1. An Economist's Genesis -- II. Microeconomics -- 2. Markets: Demand and Supply -- 3. Environmental Pollution -- 4. International Trade -- III. Macroeconomics -- 5. Recession -- 6. Inflation -- 7. Growth -- 8. Growth Through Tax Reform -- IV. Policy Issues -- 9. The Social Contract -- 10. Social Security -- 11. Health Insurance -- 12. Education -- 13. Poverty -- Index -- About the Author.

Author : Ebenezer Griffith-Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1905
Category : Christian ethics
ISBN : NYPL:33433089977353

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The Economics of Jesus; Or, Work and Wages in the Kingdom of God by Ebenezer Griffith-Jones Pdf

Author : Robert Sirico
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781596988118

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Defending the Free Market by Robert Sirico Pdf

Thirty years ago, the economic system of the Soviet empire—socialism—seemed definitively discredited. Today, the most popular figures in the Democratic Party embrace it, while the shapers of public opinion treat capitalism as morally indefensible. Is there a moral case for capitalism? Consumerism is an appalling spectacle. Free markets may be efficient, but are they fair? Aren’t there some things that we can’t afford to leave to the vicissitudes of the market? Robert Sirico, a onetime leftist, shows how a free economy—including private property, legally enforceable contracts, and prices and interest rates freely agreed to by the parties to a transaction—is the best way to meet society’s material needs. In fact, the free market has lifted millions out of dire poverty—far more people than state welfare or private charity has ever rescued from want. But efficiency isn’t its only virtue. Economic freedom is indispensable for the other freedoms we prize. And it’s not true that it makes things more important than people—just the reverse. Only if we have economic rights can we protect ourselves from government encroachment into the most private areas of our lives—including our consciences. Defending the Free Market is a powerful vindication of capitalism and a timely warning for a generation flirting with disaster.

Author : Matthew J. M. Coomber
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532657986

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Economics and Empire in the Ancient Near East by Matthew J. M. Coomber Pdf

Over the past few decades biblical economics has developed into an important subfield of biblical studies. Through examining the economic realities that lay behind Hebrew biblical texts and archaeological findings, biblical economics has led to greater understandings of the cultures and experiences of ancient Hebrew communities, the legal and religious texts they produced, and of how those texts may or may not relate to the experiences of communities who continue to receive them, today. Economics and Empire in the Ancient Near East has brought together ten scholars of biblical economics and one economic anthropologist to create a repository of what is understood about the economic realities of Southwest Asia in the late second and first millennia BCE. In addition to furthering the research and teaching interests of biblical scholars, this volume has also been created for the benefit of economic historians, anthropologists, and sociologists.

Author : Joyce P. Jacobsen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782545774

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Advanced Introduction to Feminist Economics by Joyce P. Jacobsen Pdf

Many questions arise of an economic nature that are only partially addressed by standard economic analysis. These lacunae give rise to particular lines of critique in economics, including a wide-ranging and increasingly cogent feminist approach to reenvisioning economics. This book provides a comprehensive description of this intriguing new area of feminist economics. It includes discussion of what constitutes feminist economics and how feminist economics is different from other approaches. The intellectual origins of the area are explicated, and the current state of the subfield outlined. Specific topics covered include conflict over terminology, pedagogy, and content in the field of economics, measurement of the unmeasured economy, the role of caring labor in the economy, heteronormativity in economics, feminist approaches to economic development, multiple approaches to empiricism, modeling of intrahousehold relationships, consideration of the role of property rights in reifying gender roles, differential effects of international trade and finance by gender, and feminist approaches to public finance and social welfare.

Author : Jerry Bowyer
Publisher : Fidelis Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781642933710

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The Maker Versus the Takers by Jerry Bowyer Pdf

Theologians virtually ignore the economic commentary in the Bible. In the few cases where it gets any attention, economic commentary in the Gospels and other New Testament writings tend to lapse into simplistic class warfare nostrums. Liberation theologians import Marxism wholesale (but they try to sell it retail) into theology. Academic historians of 1st Century Palestine/Judea have been pushing an account of a poor peasant Jesus leading a poor peasant's revolt based on the idea of mass displaced workers in Lower Galilee. The problem is the actual archeological findings paint a picture of an industrious and entrepreneurial economy during Jesus's time there. Reading the Gospels in light of archeology and history, which are now available to us, gives us a very different picture than the one you’ve been told regarding what Jesus taught about work and money.

Author : Guido Erreygers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134591473

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Economics and Interdisciplinary Exchange by Guido Erreygers Pdf

Economists have not always been on friendly terms with scientists from other fields. More than once, economists have been accused of 'imperialism' or criticized for neglecting the insights obtained in other fields. The history of economics, however, yields manifold examples of interdisciplinary 'borrowing' where economists have adapted concepts and theories from other fields. This book deals with the exchanges (or sometimes the lack thereof) between economics and neighbouring disciplines. The contributions examine specific cases and episodes taken from the history of economics, indicating that many important economists were paying attention to what happened beyond the borders of their own field. The themes covered include: the interaction of economics with literature, Christian theology, history, demography, and natural sciences the relationships between economics and policy, and economics and 'common sense'. With contributions from leading specialists, this volume will prove essential reading not only for those working in economics, but also those interested in the possibilities of disciplinary cross-fertilisation in any subject.

Author : Tom Nelson
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830889327

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The Economics of Neighborly Love by Tom Nelson Pdf

The Gospel Coalition Book Award What does the good news of Jesus mean for economics? Too often, Christian teaching and ministry have focused only on the gospel's spiritual significance and ignored its physical, real-world ramifications. But loving our neighbor well has direct economic implications, and in our diverse and stratified society we need to grapple with them now more than ever. In The Economics of Neighborly Love pastor Tom Nelson sets out to address this problem. Marrying biblical study, economic theory, and practical advice, he presents a vision for church ministry that works toward the flourishing of the local community, beginning with its poorest and most marginalized members. Nelson resists oversimplification and pushes us toward more complex and nuanced understandings of wealth and poverty. If we confess the gospel of Jesus, he insists, we must contend anew with its implications for the well-being of our local communities. Together we can grow in both compassion and capacity.

Author : William Arnot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X000531353

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The Parables of Our Lord by William Arnot Pdf

Author : Ebenezer Griffith-Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-11
Category : Christianity
ISBN : OCLC:1066129725

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The Economics of Jesus by Ebenezer Griffith-Jones Pdf