Economic Inequality: Economics and Theology in Dialogue

This essay is a bi-disciplinary effort in applied ethics by a theologian and an economist who both share the convictions of the Christian faith and wish to demonstrate the significance of this faith for the vexing question of economic inequality. Following the see- judge- act- model often used in pu...

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Auteurs: Naudé, Piet J. (Auteur) ; Du Plessis, Stan (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2018
Dans: International journal of public theology
Année: 2018, Volume: 12, Numéro: 1, Pages: 73-101
Classifications IxTheo:KDD Église protestante
NBE Anthropologie
NCC Éthique sociale
NCE Éthique des affaires
Sujets non-standardisés:B Economics theology applied ethics confessions inequality policy studies
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Verlag)
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Résumé:This essay is a bi-disciplinary effort in applied ethics by a theologian and an economist who both share the convictions of the Christian faith and wish to demonstrate the significance of this faith for the vexing question of economic inequality. Following the see- judge- act- model often used in public theology, it examines first conceptual matters in order to define economic inequality and undertake a limited descriptive task to get a clearer empirical picture of what economic inequality entails. There is then a moral assessment of economic inequalities (“judge”) where ethically acceptable and objectionable aspects of inequality from the economic and theological perspectives are distinguished. From these perspectives, this essay concludes with possible interventions and actions (“act”) to reduce morally unacceptable forms of economic inequality and scope for co-operative efforts between economics and public theology in this area.
ISSN:1569-7320
Contient:In: International journal of public theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341524