The fear of beggars
Subtitle: stewardship and poverty in Christian ethics
By: Kelly S. Johnson.
Series: Ekklesia project
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub.; Eerdmans; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780802803788
Subjects: Stewardship, Christian; Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Christian ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: waking up lost; title: Begging and Christian economy; title: The irony of voluntary begging; title: Stewardship : the rehabilitation of humility; title: The insolence of human wretchedness; title: Reaping what was sown; title: Why not be a beggar? : Peter Maurin and viator economics; title: Conclusion: economic comedy.