MONEY July * September 1997 Volume 6 No. 3

IN THIS ISSUE

ARTICLES ON MONEY

Something to Give............................................................................Marjorie Zoet Bankson......4
Learning about economy of generosity in El Salvador

God and Mammon...........................................................................John C. Haughey, S.J.........6
According to Jesus we can trust in either God or Mammon, not both

The Church and Money: A Lukan Perspective..................................Keith A. Russell.................7
Congregations have an opportunity to offer an alternative to the dominant cultural value system

'Mine and Thine' in the Early Church.................................................Walter J. Burghardt, S.J....8
The early church did not deny private property but its greedy misuse

Getting to the Heart of the Matter......................................................Pamela A. Sparr.............10
The connections between our money, out class and our spiritual values and visions

Faith and Wealth: The Early Church and Ours....................................Justo L. Gonzalez...........12
The early church offers a model for questioning the existing order of wealth and poverty

Speaking Honestly About Money......................................................Robert Wood Lynn........14
Preacher Washington Gladden helped congregations struggle with the consequences of money in
their lives

Growing Up Across from Sin City.....................................................Roger Lovette................16
Gambling is a seductive trap for the poor

Money in Jewish Thought...................................................................Stephen D. Franklin.......17
Rabbinic attitudes toward wealth, charity and the support of communal institutions

Talents and the Art of the Parable.......................................................Bruce Chilton.................18
Jesus' parables about money offer an alternative economic vision in God's kingdom

Jewish History and Money..................................................................Leonard S. Kravitz........20
An historical analysis illuminates Jews' changing relationship to money

Money and Marriage: Jane Austen's 'Pride & Prejudice'......................Ginger Grab...................22
How is real love possible in a money-and-status oriented society?

Confusing Means and Ends.................................................................John T. Galloway, Jr......24
How worshipping the god of a balanced budget can destroy a church's vision and faith

Work, Social Capital and the Rebirth of the Civil Society.....................Jeremy Rifkin................26
The new global economy calls for a new social vision

QUOTATIONS ON MONEY

In the Hebrew Scriptures [30]
In the New Testament Scriptures [31]
Theologians, Scholars & Philosophers [32]
Writers, Poets & Artists [33]
Leaders, Politicians and Commentators [34]
Saints and Mystics [35]

BOOKS ON MONEY

Parables as Subversive Speech: Jesus as Pedagogue of the Oppressed by William R. Herzog II [36]
Toward a Christian Economic Ethic by Prentiss L. Pemberton and Daniel Rush Finn [37]
Rethinking Materialism: Perspectives on the Spiritual Dimensions of Economic Behavior by Robert Wuthnow [38]

IDEAS FOR PREACHING ON MONEY

The Single Mother's Mite................................................................William J. Carl, Jr..............39
The Church, Women, Money and Enlightened Self-Interest..............Judith Hoch Wray.............40
Pocket Change................................................................................Mark Kurtz......................41
Silver and Gold Have I None...........................................................Darla Dee Turlington.........42
A Sermon on the Amount?...............................................................Craig V. Anderson...........44
How Do We Define Economic Justice?.............................................Donna M. Prince.............46
Preaching the Lectionary: The Challenge of Preaching About Money..Judith Hoch Wray...........47

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