James Hudnut-Beumler, Generous Saints: Congregations Rethinking Ethics and Money (Money, Faith, and Lifestyle Series). Alban Institute. 1999.
Referenced in: Giving and Financial Stewardship
LifeandLeadership.com Summary
This is part of Alban Institute’s Money, Faith, and Lifestyle Series. Other books in the series include:
- Creating Congregations of Generous People
- Ministry and Money
- More than Money: Portraits of Transformative Stewardship
- Plain Talk About Churches and Money
Generous Saints answers part of the call put forth by Loren Mead in Financial Meltdown in the Mainline for Christians to conceive of their finances spiritually and theologically. It provides an excellent series of reflections on moving congregations beyond simply meeting budgets to being good stewards of what God and others have entrusted to us.
From the Publisher
A constructive theology and ethics of money in the Christian life, this series (Money, Faith, and Lifestyle) addition is by James Hudnut-Beumler, Dean and Associate Professor of Religion and Culture at Columbia Theological Seminary, and deals with vital questions. “What does the Lord require?” What is the true meaning of the term “commonwealth” and how does the church build a stable base for its members to live ethical lives? The book provides a positive approach to forming the basis for new thought and discussion.
Editorial Reviews
“Without imposing easy solutions, Generous Saints provides the information and wisdom that will help readers to think more clearly about money in relation to faith. More important, the book presents a realistic and inspiring challenge to consider what it would mean to craft lives of generosity, as individuals and as congregations.” – Dorothy Bass
“Generous Saints deals in a realistic way with so many of the issues that confront our congregations. The church as landlord, the thorny issue of endowments, congregations as employers, a fresh and honest use of that abused word stewardship – these are just a few of the topics that James Hudnut-Beumler addresses in this fine book. His own generous spirit and intelligence make Generous Saints a pleasure to reas trusted guide for us for years to come.” – Robert Wood Lynn
About the Author
James Hudnut-Beumler is Dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School. An ordained Presbyterian pastor, he holds graduate degrees from Princeton University and Union Theological Seminary. He is a former program associate with the religion division of the Lilly Endowment in Indianapolis and the author of In Pursuit of the Almighty Dollar: A History of Money and American Protestantism andAmerican Protestantism and Looking for God in the Suburbs: The Religion of the American Dream and Its Critics, 1945-1965, as well as numerous other papers and articles on American religion, philanthropy, and history.
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