ResistNoEvilandSaveNoMoneyReadingtheSermonon.docxVIP

“Resist No Evil and Save No Money: Reading the Sermon on the Mount for a Christian Social-Economic Ethics in China”John Yieh, Virginia Theological Seminary{First Draft}[Contextual Biblical Interpretation Group, 2010 SBL in Atlanta]As the Magna Charta of the kingdom of heaven, the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) contains Jesus’ major teaching on varied spheres of human life including social relations and economic behavior. As a new power house in global economy, the flourishing China is facing the same challenges of greed, corruption, exploitation and inequality that accompany economic succe