THEOLOGICAL ONTOLOGY, POVERTY, AND ETHICS

Summary:

Theological thinking about poverty, wealth and justice has to begin with biblical ontology, otherwise the biblical rules do not make sense. Ontological “players”, (God, humans, the world, the devil) that participate in the ethical principles dealing with poverty determine the “rules of the game”. The argument of the article is that we cannot make use of the biblical principles of ethics without accepting its ontology.

Author
Pavel HANES