天主教的財富倫理－宗教倫理學的考察

Catholic Ethics of Wealth: A Study of Religious Ethics

莊慶信(John B. Chuang)

《哲學與文化》 38卷2期 (2011/02) Pp. 91-116

https://doi.org/10.7065/MRPC.201102.0091

摘要

亞洲人面對下列的問題時，都會感到困擾：基督徒只要持守「精神貧窮」（神貧）就夠了，或者還須遵守真正的「物質貧窮」（貧窮）？換言之，就基督宗教的生命倫理來看，基督徒可以致富嗎？在宗教信仰與世俗財富之間似乎存在著弔詭現象，對於臺灣的天主教平信徒而言，能否化解宗教倫理與財富之間的矛盾呢？
因此，本研究首先，整理出天主教訓導中的財富倫理原則；其次，討論神學家、當代學者對基督徒財富觀的各種意見。最後，根據前兩部分的結果，分析基督信仰中隱含在信仰與財富（天主與錢財）之間的兩難困境並嘗試提出化解之道。

關鍵字

宗教倫理學 ； 財富倫理 ； 天主教 ； 社會思想

並列摘要

It is confusing for many people here in Asia facing the following questions. From the viewpoints of Christian bioethics, is it enough to keep the norm of the poor in spirit only, or still need to follow the request of material poverty in order to be a genuine Christian? In other words, does a Christian allow to become rich? It seems to appear a paradox phenomenon between religious faith and secular wealth. So we may ask, as a catholic lay people, can he or she resolve the dilemma between them?
Therefore the article is first to find out the social thought or the ethics of wealth confirmed by Catholic doctrine. After this, the article is to discuss various views of theologians and contemporary scholars. Finally, basing on the above results, it is to analyze the dilemma between the faith and wealth (God and money) implicit in Christianity, and hopefully to try to solve them.

並列關鍵字

Religious Ethics ； Ethics of Wealth ； Catholic ； Social Thought

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