Faith and Money

Lisa A. Keister is a professor of sociology and the Director of the Markets and Management Program at Duke University. She conducts research on wealth inequality, asset accumulation and the causes of each. She is the author of Getting Rich: America's New Rich and How They Got There (Cambridge University Press 2005) and Wealth in America (Cambridge University Press 2000). Her research on Chinese corporations and the country's economic transition appeared in her book Chinese Business Groups (2000) as well as various articles.

• 1. Religion and wealth; 2. Family and human capital processes; 3. Works, occupation, and income; 4. Wealth I: new worth and real assets; 5. Wealth II: financial assets, liabilities, and multivariate models; 6. Upward mobility and assimilation; 7. Notable achievement; 8. A truly complex relationship; 9. Conclusion: how much is enough?

'This book is engagingly written with evidence to substantiate each claim. Undergraduate and graduate students will find [it] very insightful, as well as policy makers who are interested in gaining an understanding of not only the economic parity, but also the religious implications of the differentiation in wealth ownership.' Elijah Obinna, Religion