Abstract
Throughout the earthly life of Jesus, he spoke regularly about wealth, possession, ownership, poverty, and even the economy's taxes. As a result, multiple interpretations of Jesus as an economist have emerged: some believe He was a socialist, while others believe He was a capitalist. This paper is a case study of the historical Jesus that focuses on understanding Jesus as an economist by envisioning God's economy, not by placing Him into a single economic system of being a capitalist or socialist, specifically on how Jesus as an economist contributed significantly to global recovery and resilience in present time. To put it into context, God's economy is seeing the entire world as God's household; all creation of God belongs to God's household. In God's economy, Jesus was concerned about solidarity and equality, not with the profit of a single individual or group, but with the well-being of all, as recounted in the scriptures. Regardless of the economic system we follow, this pandemic has presented various issues. These issues have an impact on the economy of the country and lead to increasingly dangerous crises, injustices, and inequities among the population. As a result, every nation is attempting to recover economically, and every country hopes for global recovery and resilience. Reconnecting to Jesus' teachings and examples of solidarity and equality is a focal point to global resilience.
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Simon Peter T. Balanquit, San Beda College Alabang, Philippines
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Conference: ACERP2022
Stream: Religion - Religion and Education
This paper is part of the ACERP2022 Conference Proceedings (View)
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Balanquit S. (2022) Jesus the Economist: Envisioning God’s Economy of Solidarity and Equality to Global Resilience ISSN: 2187-476X – The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy 2022 Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2187-476X.2022.5
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2187-476X.2022.5
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