This essay examines attitudes and teachings on wealth and poverty from the perspective of Christians and Muslims.

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Outline Christian teachings and the teaching of one other religion on wealth and poverty.

This essay examines attitudes and teachings on wealth and poverty from the perspective of Christians and Muslims.

The basic attitude of Christians is they should not get too involved with money. Their number priority should be and remain God, not money. "You cannot be the slave of both God and money." This shows that Christians believe they can only love God or money - not both. They must not let money come in the way of fully serving God. For this very reason some Christians might try to avoid money altogether so that they can focus on only serving God. This happens with monks and nuns who take vows of voluntary poverty. This means they give up all wealth and live life without the need of money.

Christians believe that they should love their neighbours as they love themselves. This is because in the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus tells the story of a Jewish man, who is attacked but is then helped by a Samaritan - a person of a race that was hated by Jews. Jesus told