The Problem of Wealth

CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION BOOK AWARD! - CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING, FIRST PLACE "This important book comes at a time when values of economic justice and care for the vulnerable are being replaced with greed through transferal of resources from the poor to the very rich. It will serve as an indispensable resource to all scholars and a tool of resistance for practitioners working for economic justice." --Roderick R. Hewitt, University of KwaZulu-Natal"Combining astute analyses of economics with the moral imagination of theology, this powerful book should be discussed in classrooms, church groups, NGOs, and adult forums across the United States and beyond." --Kwok Pui-lan, author, Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology"A radical vision-- morally as well as politically-- that calls on the best in the Christian tradition to challenge the idolatries of wealth and privilege." --Roger S. Gottlieb, author, Spirituality: What it Is and Why it Matters What if we reconsidered our views on p