Christian ethics and political economy markers for a developing South Africa

The value-free and relativistic human and scientific discourses have led to an era of ideology. From fascism at the dawn of the century, through liberalism and the associated phenomenon of unfettered statism, to the current disillusionment of postmodernism and relativism with endeavours towards new...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bøsterud, Morten, editor (editor), Venter, Jan C. M., editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cape Town, South Africa : AOSIS [2020]
Series:Reformed theology in Africa series ; Volume 3.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745399106719
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 "Blessed are you who are poor" Political economy under the reign of God / Koos Vorster
  • Chapter 2 Capital Use in South Africa - A Christian-ethical Banking Alternative / Morten Bøsterud
  • Chapter 3 Capitalism: An Assessment from recent Catholic Social Teaching / Elena Alvarez
  • Chapter 4 Gender Equality in Corporate South Africa - a Christian-ethical Approach / Christin E. Bøsterud
  • Chapter 5 Christian Ethics and Entrepreneurship / Lucas G. Freire
  • Chapter 6 Prosperity Ethics - Setting the Poor Free / Johann Walters
  • Chapter 7 Pentecostals confronting structural poverty: An ecclesiastical strategy to make a difference in the lives of poor people in sub-Saharan Africa / Marius Nel
  • Chapter 8 Chapter prosperity ethics - ethics for a postsecular economy / Johann Walters
  • Chapter 9 Social Identity as organisational barrier and opportunity for developing the South African Economy / Morten Bøsterud.