The Earth is the Lord's: Essays on Stewardship

The Earth is the Lord's: Essays on Stewardship
ISBN-10
0809120674
ISBN-13
9780809120673
Series
The Earth is the Lord's
Category
Religion / Christian Living / General
Pages
215
Language
English
Published
1978
Publisher
Paulist Press
Authors
Bruno V. Manno, Mary Evelyn Jegen

Description

"Stewardship, correctly understood, means being responsible before God for the proper utilization of creation and all His bounty. It means conserving and sharing for the upbuilding of the entire community. Ultimately, it means being the servant, rather than the master, in His created world. That no less is the subject of this book. It is the theme that runs through all the essays collected in this volume and written by outstanding scholars, both clerical and lay. Biblical perspectives, economic treatises, social remedies, all comprise the content of this varied keystone work on the subject of stewardship ... Christ's particular concern for the poor and disadvantaged, His injunction to share the wealth of the world--while at the same time upholding the right to ownership of private property--form the basis for some of the thought-provoking questions raised by the essays.' God helps those who help themselves, ' versus 'God helps those who hope in Him.' Can the two statements be reconciled? This book shows how they can be--and cannot. And it encourages us to understand why"--Back cover.

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