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With the collapse of various fixed international systems of commerce, including both the Soviet model and Asiatic forms of Communism, some may find it hard to envision an alternative to a free global system of trade. This, and other economic discussions, are featured in the new title, “The Christian Capitalist,” by Rich Sanders.
Sanders, the founding pastor of the Online Home Church, in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, earned his Master’s in Divinity from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in 2015, whose bi-vocational calling in ministry and business, and as the retired President of Southern Health Lawyers, and the founder of St. Michael’s Mission, Inc., a ministry organized to assist and serve active
duty and veterans of the armed services bring readers down a spiritual journal into the economic thoughts of John Paul II, the late pointing of the Episcopal Church.
Sanders’s encyclical views, extrapolated from the sermons of Father Richard John Neuhaus, whose views on funding centered on, “Doing Good & Doing Well.” Principles that helped Sanders’s traditional sense of economy. Centering on the Catholic social gospel, and incorporating Neuhaus’ teaching of fiscal propriety, to keep users’ “Feet planted on the ecumenical earth while pointing toward the loftiest ideals of Christian virtue.”
The author shares practical knowledge of leading a Christian, debt-free lifestyle. Sharing thoughts on the personal impact of frugality in, “The challenge before us now is how to make what John Paul calls ‘the new capitalism’ . . . work better, especially for the poor and marginalized,” writes Neuhaus, a Catholic neoconservative commentator, to. “The challenge of making democratic capitalism more genuinely democratic.” Giving readers a perspective of a society, that, in his opinion, should be valued, “Free work, of enterprise, and participation.”
Focusing on the social gospel that Neuhaus embraced that does not condemn the accumulation of wealth, regardless of origin or intent. Likening Christian capitalism to a young priest, who expressed his devotion to the Blessed Virgin by juggling. Stating, “The only thing some people know how to do well makes money,” Neuhaus shares that the pursuit of money is, “Not an unworthy thing to offer up.”
Suggesting, again, that good intentions, like good works, Neuhaus states that those who worship, as he does, can, and should, go about the business of making money activities. Stating that “God loveth adverbs,” and that “We are to take care of business conscientiously, fairly, honestly, lovingly, and, yes, even prayerfully.”
Combining his beliefs in monetization and the free market through the guise of spiritual development. That living a righteous life, and the mechanics of public policy, are less important than their fundamental moral design. Its pages leave readers to ponder what role they play in a free marketplace and enterprise, while simultaneously admonishing and deeply questioning corporate tithing, volunteerism, and social safety nets including secular domestic welfare programs
Some readers may conclude that this work holds a deep-seated mixed message. Stating the Catholic Pontive’s hope for “a nicer world” or reporting that capitalism can feel comfortable, when even his current Pontive’s views ask God’s village to be responsible our world’s growing for poverty, despite the world’s amassed wealth, enterprise, and commercialized property.
Despite its nonsectarian temperament, “Doing Well & Doing Good” is specifically Christian in design and tone. Yet, the essential message hosts a narrative to spend time daily in the role of an “acting, thinking, creating person,” who feels a tug of conscience at the sight of a homeless family. Provoking readers to “envision” the moral compass within our own day-to-day lives. An ambitious message in a world ever prone to dissonance, disease, and discord.
For readers seeking a secular view of finance and smaller formats of macro financing, The Christian Capitalist explores various scriptural references that support twin pillars of Christian belief:
1) Working hard to make a productive benefit from talents and materials that God has provided all people; and
2) Giving generously to share those benefits with our neighbors in the name of Jesus Christ. Through a discussion of Holy Scripture, it analyzes various passages that relate to these concepts of productivity and generosity, along with two thousand years of history discussing the good works of Christians as examples. Ultimately, this book develops a philosophy that is uniquely Christian and capitalist: the Gospel of Hard Work and Generous Giving. If those methods perpetuate your budgetary concerns, then this script is picture-perfect for you.
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