Through the eye of a needle
Subtitle: Judeo-Christian roots of social welfare
By: edited by Emily Albu Hanawalt, Carter Lindberg.
Contributors: Albu, Emily, 1945-; Lindberg, Carter, 1937-
Publisher: Thomas Jefferson University Press; Distributed by arrangement with University Pub. Associates
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Kirksville, Mo; Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Church and social problems -- History.
Description: The religious roots of social welfare, studies on the development of western attitudes towards social welfare, beginning with classical Greco-Roman and biblical cultures. Contributors: Brenda M. Bolton, Emily Albu Hanawalt, Paul D. Hanson, Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Alexander Kazhdan, Howard Clark Kee, Carter Lindberg, Lester K. Little, Timothy S. Miller, Thomas Riis, Alice-Mary Talbot, and Andre Vauchez.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-245) and indexes.