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Luther's Challenge: The Power of Greed in Our Common Home
Author(s) -
Torvend Samuel
Publication year - 2016
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.12225
Subject(s) - power (physics) , martin luther king , order (exchange) , poverty , government (linguistics) , sociology , law , political science , management , law and economics , philosophy , business , economics , civil rights , linguistics , physics , finance , quantum mechanics
When faced with growing poverty, corrupt business practices, and the power of banking houses and lobbyists, Luther drew on his theological anthropology in order to discern the devastating power of greed in human relationships. And yet, as he admitted, greed was and is a clever master of human ambition, accepted by leaders in church, commerce, and government. His teaching on the power of greed was in continuity with the Christian tradition and yet broke new ground in his recognition that this vice possesses a social, institutional nature.