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J. Elliot (John Elliot) Ross
1884–1946
A Catholic priest and public thinker, he wrote accessibly about ethics, work, social questions, and everyday faith. His books bring together religious conviction and a serious interest in how people live in the modern world.
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Consumers and Wage-Earners: The Ethics of Buying Cheap
by J. Elliot (John Elliot) Ross
About the author
Born on March 14, 1884, John Elliot Ross was an American Paulist priest, scholar, and writer. Reliable sources describe him as a priest and sociologist, and his published work shows a broad range of interests that included Christian ethics, labor and economic life, social service, and the history of religion.
Ross studied at Loyola College in Baltimore and became known for writing books that tried to connect moral teaching with practical life. Among the works linked to him are Consumers and Wage-Earners, The Right to Work, Christian Ethics, Sanctity and Social Service, and a study of John Henry Newman. That mix of subjects helps explain his appeal: he wrote not only about belief, but about work, society, and the choices people make every day.
He died in New York on September 18, 1946. Although he is not widely remembered today, his books reflect an early twentieth-century effort to speak about faith in conversation with social and economic change.