The Economics of Honor: Biblical Reflections on Money and Property

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Feb 5, 2009 - Religion - 136 pages
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.
 

Contents

Dishonest Trade
11
My Brothers Keeper?
17
Nothing Impossible
28
The Nation Torn Apart
32
Look at the Lilies of the Field
47
The Land Is Mine
62
And Yet I Know
81
Isnt This Enough for You?
88
Your Own People Will Do the Rebuilding
106
Was Humbled I Went Astray
121
index of scripture references
134
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About the author (2009)

Roelf Haan is chair of the board of Solidaridad, the InterChurch Foundation for Action for Latin America, based in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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