The fear of beggars: stewardship and poverty in Christian ethics
Introduction: waking up lost -- Begging and Christian economy -- The irony of voluntary begging -- Stewardship : the rehabilitation of humility -- The insolence of human wretchedness -- Reaping what was sown -- Why not be a beggar? Peter Maurin and viator economics -- Conclusion: economic comedy
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
2007
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| In: | Year: 2007 |
| Series/Journal: | The Eerdmans Ekklesia series
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christian ethics (motif)
/ Church
/ Poverty
/ Begging
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| Further subjects: | B
Poverty
Religious aspects
Christianity
B Christian ethics B Stewardship, Christian B Poverty Religious aspects Christianity B Christian stewardship B Christian Ethics |
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| Summary: | Introduction: waking up lost -- Begging and Christian economy -- The irony of voluntary begging -- Stewardship : the rehabilitation of humility -- The insolence of human wretchedness -- Reaping what was sown -- Why not be a beggar? Peter Maurin and viator economics -- Conclusion: economic comedy |
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| Item Description: | Hier auch später erschienene Nachdrucke Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-232) and index. - Introduction: waking up lost -- Begging and Christian economy -- The irony of voluntary begging -- Stewardship : the rehabilitation of humility -- The insolence of human wretchedness -- Reaping what was sown -- Why not be a beggar? Peter Maurin and viator economics -- Conclusion: economic comedy |
| Physical Description: | x, 236 Seiten, 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8028-0378-8 0-8028-0378-4 |
