Good Intentions: Nine Hot-Button Issues Viewed Through the Eyes of Faith

North, Charles M.,Smietana, Bob

ISBN 10: 0802434622 / ISBN 13: 9780802434623

Published by Moody Publishers, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Good Intentions: Nine Hot-Button Issues Viewed Through the Eyes of Faith
• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802434622
• ISBN 13: 9780802434623
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

We often struggle to answer the question: What is the right thing to do here?

Good Intentions suggests that it is possible to do good in economic matters if we begin with the right assumptions (and begins to ask the right questions):

•  Is greed ever good?
•  How can we give poor kids a million bucks?
•  How did Ben and Jerry get so rich?
•  Is capitalism ruining the environment?
•  Do immigrants take American jobs?

Our actions can produce outcomes that reflect what we value.

About the Author

CHARLES M. NORTH is an associate professor of economics at Baylor University. He previously practiced as an attorney at firms in both Austin and Dallas. An expert in the fields of economics and law, Dr. North is author of Good Intentions: Nine Hot Button Issues Viewed Through the Eyes of Faith, and has published numerous journal articles, in recent years focusing his research on economics, law, and religion. Dr. North lives with his family in Waco, Texas.

BOB SMIETANA is the religion editor for The Tennessean and a correspondent for Religion News Service. His stories have appeared in national and regional US newspapers, including the Washington Post, the LA Times, and the Chicago Tribune, as well as national religious magazines such as Christianity Today, Christian Century, Sojourners, and US Catholic. He was one of the first American journalists to interview Graham Taylor and has written about Taylor for RNS and Christianity Today. Bob is the author of Life: Defining Personhood Under God, and co-author of Good Intentions. He lives outside of Chicago with his wife, Kathy, and their three children.