Lutheran Theological Seminary — St. Augustine's LibraryChristian mission and economic systems : a critical survey of the cultural and religious dimensions of economies /
Christian mission and economic systems : a critical survey of the cultural and religious dimensions of economies /
John Cheong and Eloise Meneses, editors.
- xxxi, 265 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Christian mission and economic realities -- Exchange, relationships, and reciprocity: living as a Christian in a capitalist world -- Cultural dimensions of financial accounting systems: a biblical perspective and an approach for partnerships in missions -- Islamic banking and economics: a mirror for Christian practices and mission in Muslim contexts -- Christian missions amidst the cultural and socioeconomic dynamics of bribery and extortion practices in the Philippines -- Symbols of the weak, symbols of the Gospel: the upside-down Gospel in relation to patronage systems in West Java, Indonesia -- Western mission-established churches in Mali's collectivist economy -- Subsistent and substantive communities under attack: the case of Zowie in Northern Malawi -- Flying blind? Christian NGOS and political economy.
9780878080755 0878080759
2014037294
Missions.
Economics.
Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
261.85 Cheong
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Christian mission and economic realities -- Exchange, relationships, and reciprocity: living as a Christian in a capitalist world -- Cultural dimensions of financial accounting systems: a biblical perspective and an approach for partnerships in missions -- Islamic banking and economics: a mirror for Christian practices and mission in Muslim contexts -- Christian missions amidst the cultural and socioeconomic dynamics of bribery and extortion practices in the Philippines -- Symbols of the weak, symbols of the Gospel: the upside-down Gospel in relation to patronage systems in West Java, Indonesia -- Western mission-established churches in Mali's collectivist economy -- Subsistent and substantive communities under attack: the case of Zowie in Northern Malawi -- Flying blind? Christian NGOS and political economy.
9780878080755 0878080759
2014037294
Missions.
Economics.
Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
261.85 Cheong