RT Article
T1 ‘Give me neither wealth nor poverty but appoint for me what is necessary and sufficient’ (Proverbs 30:8 LXX): But Necessary for What and Sufficient for What?
JF Studies in Christian ethics
VO 35
IS 2
SP 311
OP 327
A1 Jones, John D.
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1796954225
AB For the Life of the World (FLW), part IV, offers a thought-provoking discussion about the problems of poverty, wealth and civil justice. Poverty, basic needs and a living wage are central to the concerns and proposed goals for action in this part. While understandably referred to in a general sense since FLW is ‘a preliminary step for further discussion’, in the contemporary world, these issues are highly ambiguous, controversial and difficult to measure. Hence, to promote further dialogue, I explore and highlight critical issues that must be addressed. I also offer a brief discussion of the stigmatization of poverty that cruelly affects many who are poor. I argue that to develop a more expansive theological and normative discourse about poverty and wealth, we should first aim to clearly understand key terms such as poverty in a fully multidimensional, holistic manner that explicitly considers the dynamics of the stigmatization of poverty.
K1 Inequality
K1 multidimensional poverty
K1 Stigmatization
K1 Living Wage
K1 Basic needs
K1 Poverty
DO 10.1177/09539468211048433