Wealth and poverty in early church and society
By: edited by Susan R. Holman.
Contributors: Holman, Susan R.
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801035494
Subjects: Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Congresses; Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Congresses; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The New Testament period; title: Injustice or God's will? : early Christian explanations of poverty / Steven J. Friesen; title: "Be not one who stretches out hands to receive but shuts them when it comes to giving :" envisioning Christian charity when both donors and recipients are poor / Denise Kimber Buell; title: James 2:2/7 in early Christian thought / George K. Hasselhoff; title: Wealth, poverty, and the value of the person : some notes on the hymn of the pearl and its early Christian context / Edward Moore; title: Egypt in late antiquity; title: Widening the eye of the needle : wealth and poverty in the works of  Clement of Alexandria / Annewies van den Hoek; title: Care for the poor, fear of poverty, and love of money : Evagrius  Ponticus on the monk's economic vulnerability / David Brakke; title: Wine for widows : papyrological evidence for Christian charity in late antiquity Egypt / Adam Serfass; title: Rich and poor in sophronius of Jerusalem's miracles of Saints Cyrus and John / Susan R. Holman; title: John Chrysostom, the Cappadocians, and friends; title: This sweetest passage : Matthew 25:31/46 and assistance to the poor in the homilies of John Chrysostom / Rudolf Brendle; title: Poverty and generosity toward the poor in the time of John Chrysostom / Wendy Mayer; title: Poverty and wealth as theater : John Chrysostom's homilies on Lazarus and the rich man / Francine Cardman; title: Wealthy and impoverished widows in the writings of St. John Chrysostom / Efthalia Makris Walsh; title: The hellenic background and nature of patristic philanthropy in the early Byzantine era / Demetrios J. Constantelos; title: Wealth, trade, and profit in early Byzantium; title: Gilding the lily : a patristic defense of liturgical splendor / A. Edward siecienski; title: Wealth, stewardship, and charitable "blessings" in early Byzantine monasticism / Daniel Caner; title: Trade, profit, and salvation in the late patristic and the Byzantine period / Angeliki E. Laiou; title: Patristic studies for today; title: St. Basil's philanthropic program and modern microlending; title: Strategies for economic self-actualization / Timothy Patitsas; title: The use of patristic socioethical texts in Catholic social thought / Brian Matz.