How Much Is Enough? Hungering for God in an Affluent Culture

Name: How Much Is Enough? Hungering for God in an Affluent Culture
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ISBN: 9780801064081

ISBN-10: 0801064082

ISBN-13: 9780801064081

Edition: 2003

Authors: Arthur R. Simon

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In a world filled with both prosperity and poverty, how can Christians handle their finances in a way that honors God? In How Much Is Enough?, Arthur Simon takes an uncompromising look at America's wealth, reflecting what dominates the hearts and motivations of its people. He diagnoses Western civilization as sick with "affluenza," or runaway materialism, and shows readers how to reject the disease and set new priorities.Churches, social ministry groups, and thoughtful readers will be enlightened by Simon's grasp of Western affluence against the backdrop of a world where 800 million people are chronically starving. Readers will gain a clearer understanding of how money becomes an object of…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Baker Books
Publication date: 2/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Acknowledgments


A Preliminary Word



That Seductive Urge



Fat Wallets, Empty Lives


Two Paths


The Snare of Wealth


Hunger and Poverty


Control of the Heart



Hope and Purpose


A New Identity


Earthly Pilgrims


Whole-Life Christians


Compassion for Others


Spiritual Hunger and Poverty


Returning Home



Rushing to Nowhere


Putting Life in Focus


Our Children


Sabbath Wisdom



The Poverty of Riches


Having or Being?


Mammon as Master


Mammon as Servant


Servant Churches


The Riches of Gratitude



The Sorrow of Pleasure


Pleasure as Master


Points of Pleasure


Pleasure as Gift


Joy



The Weakness of Power


The Corruption of Power


The Pretense of Weakness


Power Doing Good



Faces of Affluence


Consumerism


Capitalism


The Moral Ambiguity of Affluence


Those Left Behind



How Much Is Enough?


Staying behind the Joneses


No Easy Answers


The Bible on Possessions


Our Calling


The Grace of Giving



Living Simply So That Others May Simply Live


Choices Have Consequences


Why Me, Lord?


A Couple of Complications


Linking Personal Efforts to Public Policy



Love and Justice


Justice as a Form of Love


More Than Private Piety


Making a Difference



Saying "Yes" to Life


God's "Yes" to Us


The Life of Compassion



Filling the Heart with Something Better than Cash


Prayer and Solitude


Praise and Thanksgiving


A Community of Faith


Celebrating Grace



The Meek Inherit the Earth


Who Are the Meek?


Inherit the Kingdom


Postscript: A Few Suggestions


Notes