Jan. 15, 2008
Pittsburgh
Teaching on:An American View of Wealth
In March I will be leading a discussion about wealth and perceptions of wealth in America. The discussion is put together by City Reformed Church, and is part of their Spring Discussion Series: “rethink:Gender, Money, and Power”.
To prepare for the talk I have picked up a few books on the topic of wealth, money and ownership. I have picked up two “secular” books on the topic, one called The Unknown City, and the other, a NT Times Bestseller, called Richistan. I then picked up two books by Christians authors, the first is Rich Christians In An Age of Poverty, and the other Neither Poverty nor Riches:A Biblical Theology of Possessions.
I’m not sure if I will write full reviews of these books, but I do think that I will be posting quotes, and ideas presented in these books.
If you read Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger, you really should also pick up Productive Christians in an Age of Guilt Manipulators by Chilton if you want to be intellectually honest. I don’t think either necessarily has the corner on truth, but I do know that RCIAAOH is fairly one-sided and economically naive which is why I would suggest a one sided and (perhaps) economically hard-nosed book as well.
Posted by Jay on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008.