Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Religious attitudes to Rich and
Poor in British society
- Key Words
- Wealth
- an abundance of valuable possessions or money
- Poverty
- the state of being extremely poor
- Debt
- a sum of money that is owed or due
- Inheritance
- a thing that is inherited
- Salaries
- a fixed regular payment, typically
paid on a monthly basis but often
expressed as an annual sum,
made by an employer to an
employee, especially a
professional or white-collar worker
- Low wage
- Minimum wage
- the lowest wage permitted by law or by a special agreement
- Wasteful spending
- State Benefits
- Gambling
- Lottery
- Poverty Trap
- Consumer Society
- Greed
- Unemployment
- Education
- Key Concepts
- Sources of Wealth
- Reasons for poverty
- Escaping the poverty trap
- Responsibility for the poor
- Government help
- National lottery
- positive
- negative
- Homelessness
- causes
- effects
- Equality and inequality
- Religious Beliefs
- Stewardship
- Good Samaritan
- treat others as you would like to be treated
- Share wealth
- Money is not evil, it can be used to
help those in need
- God given talent can be used to earn
money but people shouldnt be greedy or
obsessed with money
- The story of the widows offering
- Quotes
- "Love your neighbor as you love yourself"
- "The love of money is the root of all evil"
- "Man cannot live by bread alone"
- "There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I
command you to be open-handed toward your brothers and
toward the poor and needy in your land."
- "It is easier for a camel to go
through an eye of a needle that
for a rich man to go to heaven"