Chapter 7 Covenant, compassion and marketisation in healthcare : The mastery of Mammon and the service of grace

'No one can serve two masters . . . You cannot serve God and Mammon.' Jesus' famous words, cited to different purposes by Miran Epstein and Adrian Walsh in this volume, provide a starting point for this chapter's constructive argument and critical conversation with the chapters i...

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Main Author: Hordern, Joshua (auth)
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
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