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Life Abundant: Rethinking Theology and Economy for a Planet in Peril is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this splendidly crafted work, McFague argues for theology as an ethical imperative for all thinking Christians: Responsible discipleship today entails disciplined religious reflection. Moreover, theology matters: Without serious reflection on their worldview, ultimate commitments, and lifestyle, North American Christians cannot hope to contribute to ensuring the “good life” for people or the...

In so far as Americans have a collective identity it is as Homo oeconomicus—the mass person, the consumer who lives amid unprecedented material splendor and the producer who bends the earth to virtually unrestrained human purpose. —Max Oelschlaeger1 To most ordinary people, economics is a mystifying, difficult topic that they consider beyond their comprehension and best left to the experts. This is true of
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