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Affluent living. (letters).(author John R. Schneider responds to Lillian Daniel's review of his book; Daniels replies)(Letter to the Editor)

From: The Christian Century  |  Date: 5/3/2003  |  Author: Schneider, John R.

LILLIAN DANIEL does not so much review my book The Good of Affluence as remake it into something as repugnant to me as it is to her ("Affluent Christians," Feb. 8).

Daniel leads off with a quotation from my introduction: "I strongly challenge the notion that the world-shrinking effects of globalism generate strong obligations for any wealthy person in an advanced society to any poor person in an undeveloped one." This makes me seem to say, "To all of you who worry about those ...

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