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Generous Saints: Congregations Rethinking Ethics and Money

James Hudnut-Beumler

A constructive theology and ethics of money in the Christian life, this series (Money, Faith, and Lifestyle) addition is by James Hudnut-Beumler, Dean and Associate Professor of Religion and Culture at Columbia Theological Seminary, and deals with vital questions. “What does the Lord require? what is the true meaning of the term ‘commonwealth’? and how does the church build a stable base for its members to live ethical lives?” The book provides a positive approach to forming the basis for new thought and discussion.

Praise for the Book

“Without imposing easy solutions, Generous Saints provides the information and wisdom that will help readers to think more clearly about money in relation to faith. More important, the book presents a realistic and inspiring challenge to consider what it would mean to craft lives of generosity, as individuals and as congregations.” —Dorothy Bass

Generous Saints deals in a realistic way with so many of the issues that confront our congregations. The church as landlord, the thorny issue of endowments, congregations as employers, a fresh and honest use of that abused word stewardship—these are just a few of the topics that James Hudnut-Beumler addresses in this fine book. His own generous spirit and intelligence make Generous Saints a pleasure to read. It will be a trusted guide for us for years to come.” —Robert Wood Lynn

About the Author

HudnetBeumler,JamesJames Hudnut-Beumler is Dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School. An ordained Presbyterian pastor, he holds graduate degrees from Princeton University and Union Theological Seminary. He is a former program associate with the religion division of the Lilly Endowment in Indianapolis and the author of In Pursuit of the Almighty Dollar: A History of Money and American Protestantism and Looking for God in the Suburbs: The Religion of the American Dream and Its Critics, 1945-1965, as well as numerous other papers and articles on American religion, philanthropy, and history.

ISBN# 1-56699-210-9
Alban No. AL200
paper, 117 pages
1999

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