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Early Christian Care for the Poor: An Alternative Subsistence Strategy under Roman Imperial Rule - Couverture souple

Richardson, K. C.

 
9781498296526: Early Christian Care for the Poor: An Alternative Subsistence Strategy under Roman Imperial Rule
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1498296521 ISBN 13 : 9781498296526
Editeur : Cascade Books, 2018

Synopsis

Beginning with Jesus’s ministry in the villages of Galilee and continuing over the course of the first three centuries as the movement expanded geographically and numerically throughout the Roman world, the Christians organized their house churches, at least in part, to provide subsistence insurance for their needy members. While the Pax Romana created conditions of relative peace and growing prosperity, the problem of poverty persisted in Rome’s fundamentally agrarian economy. Modeling their economic values and practices on the traditional patterns of the rural village, the Christians created an alternative subsistence strategy in the cities of the Roman empire by emphasizing need, rather than virtue, as the main criterion for determining the recipients of their generous giving.

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À propos de l'auteur

K. C. Richardson is Professor of History and Biblical Studies at Hope International University in Fullerton, California. He is coeditor of One in Christ Jesus (Pickwick, 2014).

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Éditeur
Cascade Books
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1498296521
ISBN 13 
9781498296526
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
238
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
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