About halfway through Ron Sider's Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger. It is quite a punch in the teeth. Here is one of the many passages that has my wheels turning. Kinda long but worth reading the whole thing: in fact worth buying the book. I got the '96 version off Amazon for 7 bucks. The newest is 2006.
"Please do not misunderstand my point. I am not saying that the resurrection is unimportant. The bodily resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth is absolutely central to Christian faith and anyone who denies it has fallen into heresy. But if centrality in Scripture is any criterion of doctrinal importance, the biblical teaching about God's concern for the poor ought to be an important doctrine for Christians
Those who consider themselves most orthodox have fallen into theological liberalism on this issue. We usually think of liberalism in terms of classical 19th century liberals who denied the deity, the atonement, and the bodily resurrection of Jesus our Lord. And that is correct. People who abandon those central biblical doctrines have indeed fallen into terrible heresy. But notice what the essence of theological liberalism is--it is allowing our thinking and living to be shaped by society's views and values rather than by biblical revelation. Liberal theologians thought the belief in the deity etc, was incompatible with modern science, and they followed science rather than scripture.
Theologically conservative Christians rightly called attention to this heresy--and then tragically made exactly the same move in another area. We have allowed the economic values of our affluent, materialistics society to shape our thinking and acting toward the poor..."
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