Book contents
- Reviews
- A Theology of Gratitude
- A Theology of Gratitude
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Gratitude and God
- Part II Gratitude and Humanity
- Chapter 5 Gratitude
- Chapter 6 Saying Thank You in the Checkout Line; Or, Taking Thomas to Starbucks; Or, Gratitude in a Money Economy
- Chapter 7 The Privilege of Gratitude?
- Chapter 8 Gratitude, Finitude, and Divine Providence
- Part III Gratitude and Society
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 6 - Saying Thank You in the Checkout Line; Or, Taking Thomas to Starbucks; Or, Gratitude in a Money Economy
from Part II - Gratitude and Humanity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2022
- Reviews
- A Theology of Gratitude
- A Theology of Gratitude
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Gratitude and God
- Part II Gratitude and Humanity
- Chapter 5 Gratitude
- Chapter 6 Saying Thank You in the Checkout Line; Or, Taking Thomas to Starbucks; Or, Gratitude in a Money Economy
- Chapter 7 The Privilege of Gratitude?
- Chapter 8 Gratitude, Finitude, and Divine Providence
- Part III Gratitude and Society
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Leithart takes Thomas Aquinas to Starbucks to illustrate how gratitude between persons is complicated by commercial transactions. But rather than eliminating gratitude, Leithart finds a place for gratitude in a money economy, when it is subordinated to the divine economy of love, which is founded on the notion of God as giver.
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- A Theology of GratitudeChristian and Muslim Perspectives, pp. 84 - 95Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022