Inequality and Christian Ethics by Douglas A Hicks

Inequality and Christian Ethics by Douglas A Hicks

Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? Inequality and Christian Ethics addresses this question at an international level and goes on to consider why such a phenomenon, to the extent that it is true, is morally troubling. In order to provide an ethical perspective on a social and economic problem such as inequality, the book draws on Christian ethics, philosophy, and economics. It considers the relation of inequality to various aspects of life--such as income, health, and education--as well as to questions of race, gender, and nationality.

'Douglas Hicks tackles economic problems as well as theological onesThis is a hard combination, and he draws both on sophisticated economic arguments about the nature of social organisation and on the implications of modern as well as traditional Christian ethics for how society should be organised and for the division between individual and social responsibilities. The result is an impressive study which will attract the attention of economists in addition to that of theologians interested in social problems.' Amartya Sen, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Nobel Prize Winner (Economics)
'… wide-ranging and carefully argued … This book makes a valuable contribution to the debate.' The Heythrop Journal

Hicks, Douglas A.: - Dr Douglas A. Hicks is Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies and Religion at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, Virginia. He is author of Inequality and Christian Ethics, published by Cambridge University Press in 2000. His articles have appeared in The Leadership Quarterly, The Journal of Religious Ethics, World Development, and The Journal of Ecumenical Studies and he contributed to the CD-ROM On Common Ground: World Religions in America. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), he is an editor, with J. Thomas Wren and Terry L. Price, of the three-volume reference work The International Library of Leadership.

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ISBN 13	9780521772532
ISBN 10	0521772532
Title	Inequality and Christian Ethics
Author	Douglas A Hicks
Series	New Studies In Christian Ethics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2000-09-25
Number of pages	310
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