Almsgiving in the Later Roman Empire: Christian Promotion and Practice 313–450. By Richard Finn, OP
Richard Finn begins his work on almsgiving in the Roman Empire with some interesting questions. In the first place he wonders whether almsgiving as it emerged in Late Antiquity was a uniquely Christian concept, or whether pagan antecedents to the practice can be found. In the second place he propose...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 710-712 |
| Review of: | Almsgiving in the Later Roman Empire (Oxford[u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2006) (Hartney, Aideen)
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| Summary: | Richard Finn begins his work on almsgiving in the Roman Empire with some interesting questions. In the first place he wonders whether almsgiving as it emerged in Late Antiquity was a uniquely Christian concept, or whether pagan antecedents to the practice can be found. In the second place he proposes to examine the extent to which almsgiving as promoted by the church authorities might have affected the practices of public benefaction or euergetism as means by which citizens demonstrated their commitment to the civic community., By way of answering these questions, Finn speaks at first about the status and power of the Christian bishop within late antique society. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flm064 |