WEALTH, POVERTY AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

A CHRISTIAN VIRTUE RESPONSE

Authors

  • Kate Ward Boston College, USA

Keywords:

WEALTH, POVERTY, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, CHRISTIAN VIRTUE, Catholic ethics, social sin

Abstract

This dissertation argues that both wealth and poverty function as moral luck to impede the pursuit of virtue and that economic inequality worsens the problem.

Author Biography

Kate Ward, Boston College, USA

Kate Ward holds a PhD in Theological Ethics from Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA, USA); an MDiv with Bible concentration from Catholic Theological Union (Chicago, IL, USA); and an AB in Psychology cum laude from Harvard College (Cambridge, MA, USA). She is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the theology department at Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI, USA). She is a married Catholic laywoman. Email: katharinegraceward@gmail.com

References

John Paul II’s Reconciliatio et Paenitentia (1984).

Lisa Sowle Cahill, “Catholic Feminists and Traditions: Renewal, Reinvention, Replacement,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 34, 2 (2014).

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Published

2016-09-30

How to Cite

Ward, K. (2016). WEALTH, POVERTY AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: A CHRISTIAN VIRTUE RESPONSE. Asian Horizons, 10(03), 612–616. Retrieved from https://dvkjournals.in/index.php/ah/article/view/2122

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 03 (2016): ASIAN HORIZONS

Section

New Scholars

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