Bibliography 2: #BIB38896

Key	BIB38896
Reference type	Book Section
Title	Eradicating Extremes of Poverty and Wealth : A Collective Undertaking and a Determinant of Justice
Book title	Faith Traditions and Practices in the Workplace : Volume I, The Role of Religion in Unprecedented Times
Series title	Palgrave Studies in Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment
Author	Momtazian, Legha
Editor	Vu, Mai Chi, Singh, Nadia, Burton, Nicholas and Chu, Irene
Year	2022
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Place published	London
ISBN	9783031093487 3031093488
Abstract	The Covid-19 pandemic and the recent war have widened the extent and aspects of poverty across the globe necessitating further research and action. Yet, despite the depth of existing research on poverty, the role of religion is still in debate. Accordingly, this chapter explores the contribution of the Bahá’í Faith as a contemporary world religion to this discourse. It finds that the Bahá’í scripture articulates extremes of poverty and wealth as structural issues rooted in 'morality' and 'justice', and emphasises the role of individuals, firms, societies, governments, law, and educational systems and mechanisms, to collaborate and take ownership of eradication of both extremes. At an organisational level, it stresses moderate withdrawal of profit and the owners' willingness to share, employees' fair remuneration and share on the profit towards a distributed comfortable life, and philanthropic activities in various contexts and extents.
Notes	Edited by Mai Chi Vu, Nadia Singh, Nicholas Burton, Irene Chu. Role of Religion in Unprecedented Times. Illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.
Language	English
Keywords	POVERTY; WEALTH; RELIGION; MORALITY; JUSTICE
DOI	10.1007/978-3-031-09349-4_9
Pages	183–223
Section	10.
Call number	201.73
Accession number	ocn1346315547

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