Quaker Quicks - Money and Soul : Quaker Faith and Practice and the Economy - Pamela Haines

Quaker Quicks - Money and Soul

Quaker Faith and Practice and the Economy

By: Pamela Haines

Paperback | 26 January 2019

At a Glance

Paperback


$27.25

or 4 interest-free payments of $6.81 with

Aims to ship in 15 to 25 business days

If money troubles your soul, try this down-to-earth Quaker perspective on economies large and small. The economy, as we usually encounter it, has nothing to do with values or faith. After all, the "invisible hand" caters to no religious belief. It is all a matter of science, we are assured: economists have mastered the mathematical formulas for growth and prosperity. Our role as individuals is simply to work, consume and save, each adding our bit to the sum totals of economic activity that will keep the system humming along; the experts will take care of everything else. This breezy values-free story, however, is unlikely to be a comfortable fit for anyone who takes seriously the challenge of bringing our faith into the world. Knotty issues around economics crop up at every turn, especially if we are willing to ask the big questions: What is the economy for? How much is enough? What needs to be equal? How is well-being best measured? Who should decide? In Money and Soul this search for answers, through a Quaker lens, gives a taste of the power of applying faith values to our economic story.

More in Quakers

Lectio Divina : Revelation and Prophecy - Barbara Birch
Religion, Morals and the Intellect : Routledge Revivals - F. E. Pollard
Sir Halley Stewart Trust: Publications : 10 Volume Set - Various

RRP $1,712.00

$1,211.40

29%
OFF
Mary Dyer's Hymn and other Quaker Poems - Stanford Searl
Quaker Quicks : Why I Am A Pacifist : Quaker Quicks - Tim Gee
The Quakers : A Very Short Introduction - Pink Dandelion