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Budgets are Moral Documents: Hunger, Money, and Community
Author(s) -
Childs James M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/dial.12005
Subject(s) - faith , food security , political science , economic growth , food insecurity , good faith , resource (disambiguation) , public relations , economics , law , geography , computer network , philosophy , theology , archaeology , computer science , agriculture
: This article seeks a path for Christian social teaching and advocacy to address concern for how the money we budget nationally truly serves the common good. The status of hunger and food security, global and local, is a good barometer for the wellbeing of the human community. The Bread for the World Institute Report and its updates on the progress of the Millennium Development Goals is an excellent resource for tracking food security and for guiding active Christian concern for connecting money and the common good, a concern grounded in eucharistic fellowship and trinitarian faith.