The philanthropic motive in Christianity
Subtitle: an analysis of the relations between theology and social service
By: by Frank M. Hník. Translated from the Czech by M. and R. Weatherall.
Contributors: Weatherall, M. 1897- tr.; Weatherall, R. 1899- tr.
Publisher: B. Blackwell
Published: 1938
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Christian sociology -- History.
Notes: "Published in Czech under the title Pohnutky dobroc̆innosti v kr̆estănstvi, Prague, 1934 ... Offered to the John Hus theological faculty in Prague as a habilitations-schrift and approved."--p. ix.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Social charity and world view. The concept of social charity.; title: Descriptive definitions of social work.; title: The ethos of the beginnings of the Christian religion.; title: The social philosophy of mediaeval catholicism.; title: The social philosophy of the classical reformation.; title: The social philosophy of modern humanitarianism.; title: The socially theological basis of charity in the Czechoslovak church.