Religious giving : for love of God /
Religious Giving considers the connection between religion and giving within the Abrahamic traditions. Each contributor begins with the assumption that there is something inherently right or natural about the connection. But what exactly is it? To whom should we give, how much should we give, what i...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington, Ind. :
Indiana University Press,
©2010.
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| ISBN: | 9780253004185 0253004187 0253354595 9780253354594 0253221889 9780253221889 1282555162 9781282555167 9786612555169 6612555165 |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Dispelling common beliefs about giving to religious institutions in the United States / Patrick M. Rooney
- Giving in the way of God : Muslim philanthropy in the United States / Shariq Siddiqui
- Jewish giving by doing : Tikkun Ha-Olam / Judith Lynn Failer
- What does God require of us? / Byron C. Bangert
- "Freely give" : the paradox of obligatory generosity in Christian thought / Sondra Wheeler
- A Catholic theology of philanthropy / Edward Vacek
- Religious discernment of philanthropic decisions in the age of affluence / Paul G. Schervish
- Consumer debt and Christian money management : messages from the large U.S denominations / Paula R. Dempsey
- Paging Dr. Shylock! : Jewish hospitals and the prudent reinvestment of Jewish philanthropy / Robert A. Katz
- One man's extrapolations : conclusions after two years of listening / David H. Smith.