The Good Life
by McCarthy, David MatzkoEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-12-01
Publisher(s): Wipf & Stock Pub
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Summary
Intimate friendships, loving families, good food, and beautiful homes--middle-class Westerners enjoy so many gifts. Christians often feel guilty about their enjoyment of these gifts, but David McCarthy suggests that God provides these things for our enjoyment. In contrast to consumerism, which encourages shallow relationships, McCarthy explains how the love of God fosters a deep attachment to the world. He describes this in relation to marriage, family, friendship, hospitality, and work. A right ordering of our desires will lead Christians to an enjoyment of life that require less "stuff." This book will be appreciated by all Christians trying to live well in an affluent culture.
Author Biography
David Matzko McCarthy is The Father Forker Professor of Catholic Social Teaching and an associate professor of theology at Mount St. Mary's University Emmitsburg, Maryland
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. 9 |
| The Beginning: Seek First the Kingdom | p. 11 |
| People | p. 19 |
| Introduction | p. 21 |
| American and Middle Class | p. 22 |
| Contractual Connections and Our Economic Logic | p. 29 |
| Friendship | p. 33 |
| God's Gift of Friendship | p. 38 |
| Love and Justice | p. 42 |
| God and Neighbor | p. 46 |
| Family First | p. 49 |
| Marriage | p. 54 |
| Sex and Singleness | p. 58 |
| Conclusion | p. 63 |
| Places | p. 65 |
| Introduction | p. 67 |
| Our Place | p. 68 |
| The Home and the Hospitality of the Market | p. 72 |
| Sharing, Eating, and Housekeeping | p. 77 |
| Country and Nation | p. 83 |
| Hope for the World | p. 90 |
| Conclusion | p. 93 |
| Things | p. 95 |
| Introduction | p. 97 |
| The Meaning of Things | p. 98 |
| Debts and Gifts | p. 104 |
| Wants and Needs | p. 108 |
| Work and Cultivation | p. 114 |
| Our Relation to Things | p. 119 |
| Conclusion | p. 124 |
| God and Creation | p. 127 |
| Introduction | p. 129 |
| We Believe | p. 131 |
| One God, the Father, the Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth | p. 137 |
| For God, Creation Out of Nothing, and for Us, Lots of Things | p. 143 |
| One Lord, Jesus Christ, the Only Son of God | p. 148 |
| The Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life | p. 153 |
| One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church | p. 157 |
| The Forgiveness of Sin | p. 161 |
| Resurrection and the Life of the World to Come | p. 166 |
| Conclusion | p. 170 |
| A Final Word: Bound to Love | p. 171 |
| Bibliography | p. 173 |
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