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Wealth and Poverty in Early Church and Society (Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History)

Author : Susan R. Holman
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1441205934
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Wealth and Poverty in Early Church and Society (Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History) written by Susan R. Holman and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wealth and poverty are issues of perennial importance in the life and thought of the church. This volume brings patristic thought to bear on these vital issues. The contributors offer explanations of poverty in the New Testament period, explore developments among Christians in Egypt and Asia Minor and in early Byzantium, and connect patristic theology with contemporary public policy and religious dialogue. This volume inaugurates Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History, a partnership between Baker Academic and the Stephen and Catherine Pappas Patristic Institute of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts. The series is a deliberate outreach by the Orthodox community to Protestant and Catholic seminarians, pastors, and theologians. In these multiauthor books, contributors from all traditions focus on the patristic (especially Greek patristic) heritage. Series Editorial Board Robert J. Daly, SJ, Boston College Bruce N. Beck, The Stephen and Catherine Pappas Patristic Institute François Bovon, Harvard Divinity School Demetrios S. Katos, Hellenic College Susan R. Holman, PovertyStudies.org Aristotle Papanikolaou, Fordham University James Skedros, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

Poverty in Ancient Greece and Rome

Author : Filippo Carlà-Uhink
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000644995
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Poverty in Ancient Greece and Rome written by Filippo Carlà-Uhink and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents an innovative picture of the ancient Mediterranean world. Approaching poverty as a multifaceted condition, it examines how different groups were affected by the lack of access to symbolic, cultural and social – as well as economic – capital. Collecting a wide range of studies by an international team of experts, it presents a diverse and complex analysis of life in antiquity, from the archaic to the late antique period. The sections on Greece, Rome, and Late Antiquity offer in-depth studies of ancient life, integrating analysis of socio-economic dynamics and cultural and discursive strategies that shaped this crucial element of ancient (and modern) societies. Themes like social cohesion and control, exclusion, gender, agency, and identity are explored through the combination of archaeological, epigraphic, and literary evidence, presenting a rich panorama of Greco-Roman societies and a stimulating collection of new approaches and methodologies for their understanding. The book offers a comprehensive view of the ancient world, analysing different social groups – from wealthy elites to poor peasants and the destitute – and their interactions, in contexts as diverse as Classical Athens and Sparta, imperial Rome, and the late antique towns of Egypt and North Africa. Poverty in Ancient Greece and Rome: Discourses and Realities is a valuable resource for students and scholars of ancient history, classical literature, and archaeology. In addition, topics covered in the book are of interest to social scientists, scholars of religion, and historians working on poverty and social history in other periods.

Wealth, Poverty, and Charity in Jewish Antiquity

Author : Gregg E. Gardner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520386906
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Wealth, Poverty, and Charity in Jewish Antiquity written by Gregg E. Gardner and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charity is central to the Jewish tradition. In this formative study, Gregg E. Gardner takes on this concept to examine the beginnings of Jewish thought on care for the poor. Focusing on writings of the earliest rabbis from the third century c.e., Gardner shows how the ancient rabbis saw the problem of poverty primarily as questions related to wealth—how it is gained and lost, how it distinguishes rich from poor, and how to convince people to part with their wealth. Contributing to our understanding of the history of religions, Wealth, Poverty, and Charity in Jewish Antiquity demonstrates that a focus on wealth can provide us with a fuller understanding of charity in Jewish thought and the larger world from which Judaism and Christianity emerged.

Managing Financial Resources in Late Antiquity

Author : Gerasimos Merianos
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137564091
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Managing Financial Resources in Late Antiquity written by Gerasimos Merianos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the views of Greek Church Fathers on hoarding, saving, and management of economic surplus, and their development primarily in urban centres of the Eastern Mediterranean, from the late first to the fifth century. The study shows how the approaches of Greek Fathers, such as Clement of Alexandria, Basil of Caesarea, John Chrysostom, Isidore of Pelusium, and Theodoret of Cyrrhus, to hoarding and saving intertwined with stances toward the moral and social obligations of the wealthy. It also demonstrates how these Fathers responded to conditions and practices in urban economic environments characterized by sharp inequalities. Their attitudes reflect the gradual widening of Christian congregations, but also the consequences of the socio-economic evolution of the late antique Eastern Roman Empire. Among the issues discussed in the book are the justification of wealth, alternatives to hoarding, and the reception of patristic views by contemporaries.

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies

Author : Susan Ashbrook Harvey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199271566
Total Pages : 1049 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies written by Susan Ashbrook Harvey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 1049 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an introduction to the academic study of early Christianity (c. 100-600 AD) and examines the vast geographical area impacted by the early church, in Western and Eastern late antiquity. --from publisher description.

Reclaiming the Radical Economic Message of Luke

Author : David D. M. King
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666733393
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Reclaiming the Radical Economic Message of Luke written by David D. M. King and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-05-13 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No canonical Gospel is more concerned with wealth and poverty than Luke. A centuries-long debate rages over just how revolutionary Luke’s message is. This book seeks to recover Luke’s radical economic message, to place it in its ancient context, and to tease out its prophetic implications for today. Luke has a radical message of good news for the poor and resistance to wealth. God is shown to favor the poor, championing their struggle for justice while condemning the rich and recommending a sweeping disposal of wealth for the benefit of the poor. This represents a distinct break from the ethics of the Roman Empire and a profound challenge to modern economic systems. Generations of interpreters have worked to file down Luke’s sharp edges, from scribes copying ancient manuscripts, to early Christian authors, to contemporary scholars. Such domestication disfigures the gospel, silencing its critique of an economic system whose unremitting drive for profit and economic growth continues to widen the gap between rich and poor while threatening life-altering, environmental change. It is time to reclaim the bracing, prophetic call of Luke’s economic message that warns against the destructive power of wealth and insists on justice for the poor and marginalized.

The Seven Deadly Sins

Author : Kevin M. Clarke
Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 0813230217
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book The Seven Deadly Sins written by Kevin M. Clarke and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2018-05-18 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gluttony -- Lust -- Greed -- Anger -- Sloth -- Envy and sadness -- Vainglory and pride.

Beholden

Author : Susan R. Holman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190228237
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Beholden written by Susan R. Holman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2016 Grawemeyer Award in Religion Global health efforts today are usually shaped by two very different ideological approaches: a human rights-based approach to health and equity-often associated with public health, medicine, or economic development activities; or a religious or humanitarian "aid" approach motivated by personal beliefs about charity, philanthropy, missional dynamics, and humanitarian "mercy." The underlying differences between these two approaches can create tensions and even outright hostility that undermines the best intentions of those involved. In Beholden: Religion, Global Health, and Human Rights, Susan R. Holman--a scholar in both religion and the history of medicine--challenges this traditional polarization by telling stories designed to help shape a new perspective on global health, one that involves a multidisciplinary integration of religion and culture with human rights and social justice. The book's six chapters range broadly, describing pilgrimage texts in the Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and Islamic traditions; the effect of ministry and public policy on nineteenth-century health care for the poor; the story of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as it shaped economic, social, and cultural rights; a "religious health assets" approach based in Southern Africa; and the complex dynamics of gift exchange in the modern faith-based focus on charity, community, and the common good. Holman's study serves as an insightful guide for students and practitioners interested in improving and broadening the scope of global health initiatives, with an eye towards having the greatest impact possible.

They who Give from Evil

Author : Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 0227901681
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (279 download)

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Download or read book They who Give from Evil written by Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of They Who Give from Evil is to consider the financial and salvific implications of usury on the community and the individual soul as it is addressed within the sermons of a selection of early Christian Greek authors, in the historical context of the fourth century Roman Empire. Although focusing on two Greek texts, St. Basil's Homily on Psalm Fourteen and Against Those Who Practice Usury by St. Gregory of Nyssa, Ihssen is able to shed fascinating insight on Roman life and illustrate the rich social justice theologies of the patristic world.

Preaching Poverty in Late Antiquity

Author : Pauline Allen
Publisher : Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
ISBN 13 : 3374027288
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Preaching Poverty in Late Antiquity written by Pauline Allen and published by Evangelische Verlagsanstalt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2002 the influential scholar of Late Antiquity, Peter Brown, published a series of lectures as a monograph titled Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire. Brown set out to explain a trend in the late Roman world observed in the 1970s by French social and economic historians, especially Paul Veyne and Evelyn Patlagean, namely that prior to the fourth century and the rise in dominance of Christianity, the poor in society went unrecognized as an economic category. This corresponded with the Greco-Roman understanding of patronage, whereby the state and private donors concentrated their largesse upon the citizen body. Non-citizens, for instance, were excluded from the dole system, in which grain was distributed to citizens of a city regardless of their economic status. By the end of the sixth century, rich and poor were not only recognized economic categories, but the largesse of private citizens was now focused on the poor. Brown proposed that the Christian bishop lay at the heart of this change. The authors set out to test Brown's thesis amid growing interest in the poor and their role in early Christianity and in Late Antique society. They find that the development and its causes were more subtle and complex than Brown proposed and that his account is inadequate on a number of crucial points including rhetorical distortion of the realities of poverty in episcopal letters, homilies and hagiography, the episcopal emphasis on discriminate giving and self-interested giving, and the degree to which existing civic patronage structures adhered in the Later Roman Empire of the fourth and fifth centuries.

The Contemporary Church and the Early Church

Author : Paul A. Hartog
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606088998
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Contemporary Church and the Early Church written by Paul A. Hartog and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As "evangelicals" face future challenges, many are turning back to the ancient church for inspiration. But these ancient-future approaches remain diverse and sometimes even at odds with one another. This volume demonstrates and analyzes the complexity of such contemporary church-early church engagements. Six scholars share diverse insights from the Patristic period, including lessons on evangelism and discipleship, community formation and maintenance, use of the "rule of faith," the preaching of social ethics, responses to cultural opposition, and Christological development. The volume closes with two critical responses, from confessional Lutheran and Baptist perspectives. These collected essays will remind contemporary readers of the importance of a reflective and responsible ressourcement of Patristic wisdom.

Living the King Jesus Gospel

Author : Nijay K. Gupta
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725254816
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Living the King Jesus Gospel written by Nijay K. Gupta and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living the King Jesus Gospel brings together biblical scholars, theologians, church historians, and ministry practitioners to discuss the Good News of Jesus Christ, discipleship, and the Christian life throughout the centuries and in the world today. Drawing from across the New Testament, the Church Fathers, the Reformers, the Anglican and Orthodox Traditions, and various modern contexts, the contributors bring diverse perspectives to key questions about the gospel. What ties them all together is the person of King Jesus and the hope for a church that embodies and reflects a life-giving and flourishing kingdom.

The Lukan Lens on Wealth and Possessions

Author : Rachel L. Coleman
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900441634X
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Lukan Lens on Wealth and Possessions written by Rachel L. Coleman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Lukan Lens on Wealth and Possessions: A Perspective Shaped by Reversal and Right Response, Rachel Coleman offers a detailed exploration of Luke’s wealth ethic, examining the topic with careful exegesis and literary and theological sensitivity.

God Knows There's Need

Author : Susan R. Holman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199731063
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book God Knows There's Need written by Susan R. Holman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this insightful volume, Susan R. Holman blends personal memoir and deep research into ancient writings to illuminate the age-old issues of need, poverty, and social justice in the history of the Christian tradition. Holman explores, for instance, the stories of fourth- and fifth-century bishops, showing how these early Christian writers can be allies for those who want to influence our contemporary dialogue about social justice. Throughout this deeply personal and richly scholarly work, Holman connects the ancient and the modern, helping readers understand more fully these age-old issues.

The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Law

Author : Pamela Barmash
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199392676
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Law written by Pamela Barmash and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major innovations have occurred in the study of biblical law in recent decades. The legal material of the Pentateuch has received new interest with detailed studies of specific biblical passages. The comparison of biblical practice to ancient Near Eastern customs has received a new impetus with the concentration on texts from actual ancient legal transactions. The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Law provides a state of the art analysis of the major questions, principles, and texts pertinent to biblical law. The thirty-three chapters, written by an international team of experts, deal with the concepts, significant texts, institutions, and procedures of biblical law; the intersection of law with religion, socio-economic circumstances, and politics; and the reinterpretation of biblical law in the emerging Jewish and Christian communities. The volume is intended to introduce non-specialists to the field as well as to stimulate new thinking among scholars working in biblical law.

Morality in the Marketplace

Author : Paul van Geest
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004501703
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Morality in the Marketplace written by Paul van Geest and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this essay, Paul van Geest pleads for a renewal of the old ties between economics and theology as scientific disciplines, so as to arrive at a deeper and richer anthropological fundament for economic research.

For Your Sake He Became Poor

Author : Georges Massinelli
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110723948
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book For Your Sake He Became Poor written by Georges Massinelli and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-04-19 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pauline collection for the poor in Jerusalem is the most famous example of financial support for geographically distant groups in early Christianity. Recent assessments of the Pauline collection have focused on patronage to explain the social relations between Jerusalem and the Pauline groups and the strategies adopted by Paul. Through a comparison with the Greco-Roman world and a close reading of the texts, this study challenges the recent approach and proposes that other factors shaped Paul’s stance. Paul was interested in reassuring the Corinthians about the financial outcome of the collection and dispelling doubts that he might take advantage of them. The collection was an action modeled on divine generosity and an exchange within a reciprocal relationship between Christian groups. This study also surveys intergroup support between Christian groups in the first three centuries CE. This practice involved churches from most of the Mediterranean Basin and was known even outside of Christian circles. Transfers of money were organized according to a consistent pattern modeled on local charitable practices. The Pauline collection had similar characteristics and can be seen as part of this widespread economic practice.