| Description |
viii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-245) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The Ancient Near Eastern roots of social welfare / Paul Hanson -- Rich and poor in the New Testament and in early Christianity / Howard Clark Kee -- The holy and the poor : models from early Syriac Christianity / Susan Ashbrook Harvey -- Byzantium and social welfare / Alexander Kazhdan -- The Orphanotropheion of Constantinople / Timothy S. Miller -- Byzantine women, saints' lives, and social welfare / Alice-Mary Talbot -- Hearts not purses? Pope Innocent III's attitude to social welfare / Brenda M. Bolton -- Religion, the profit economy, and Saint Francis / Lester K. Little -- Confraternities and guilds in the later Middle Ages / André Vauchez -- The liturgy after the liturgy : welfare in the early Reformation / Carter Lindberg -- Religion and early modern social welfare / Thomas Riis -- The long-term inheritance of poverty / Thomas Riis. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
The religious roots of social welfare, studies on the development of western attitudes towards social welfare, beginning with classical Greco-Roman and biblical cultures. Contributors: Brenda M. Bolton, Emily Albu Hanawalt, Paul D. Hanson, Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Alexander Kazhdan, Howard Clark Kee, Carter Lindberg, Lester K. Little, Timothy S. Miller, Thomas Riis, Alice-Mary Talbot, and Andre Vauchez. |
| Subject |
Church and social problems -- History.
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Church and social problems. (OCoLC)fst00860491
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| Indexed Term |
Church and social problems History |
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Kirchengeschichte |
| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Albu, Emily, 1945-
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Lindberg, Carter, 1937-
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Through the eye of a needle. Kirksville, Mo. : Thomas Jefferson University Press ; Lanham, MD : Distributed by arrangement with University Pub. Associates, 1994 (OCoLC)623388846 |
| ISBN |
0943549175 |
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9780943549170 |
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