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Autore |
Webb Stephen H. <1961-> |
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Titolo |
The gifting God [[electronic resource] ] : a Trinitarian ethics of excess / / Stephen H. Webb |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, c1996 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-45235-8 |
0-19-534456-1 |
1-4237-5927-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (201 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics Telling our selves |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Generosity - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Trinity |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-189) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction: Giving and Thinking; 1. The Return of the Gift; 2. Squandering; 3. The Theo-Economics of God; 4. How Giving Works; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Theories of generosity, or gift giving, are becoming increasingly important in recent work in philosophy and religion. Stephen Webb seeks to build on this interest by surveying a distinctively modern and postmodern approach to the issue of generosity and developing a theological framework for it. |
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