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Reading patristic texts on social ethics [[electronic resource] ] : issues and challenges for twenty-first-century Christian social thought / / edited by Johan Leemans, Brian J. Matz, Johan Verstraeten |
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Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Collana |
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CUA studies in early Christianity |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LeemansJohan <1965-> |
MatzBrian J |
VerstraetenJohan |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Christian literature, Early - History and criticism |
Fathers of the church - Influence |
Christian sociology - Catholic Church |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"The contributions for this volume emerged out of an expert seminar on the theme of the Church Fathers and Catholic social thought held in Leuven in 2007." -- p.vii. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography (p. 235-263) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Part I. Approaching Patristic Socio-Ethical Texts : -- 1. Texts that create a future : the function of ancient texts for theology today / Reimund Bieringer -- 2. Challenges in approaching patristic texts from the perspective of contemporary Catholic social teaching / Pauline Allen -- Part II. Contexts for Patristic Socio-Ethical Texts : -- 3. Social ethics and moral discourse in late antiquity / Peter Van Nuffelen -- 4. Wealth, poverty, and eschatology : pre-Constantine Christian social thought and the hope for the world to come / Helen Rhee -- 5. The audience(s) for patristic social teaching : a case study / Wendy Mayer -- Part III. Issues in Patristic and Catholic Social Thought : -- 6. Out of the fitting room : rethinking patristic social texts on "the common good" / Susan R. Holman -- 7. "That which has been wrung from tears" : usury, the Greek fathers, and Catholic social teaching / Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen -- 8. The principle of detachment from private property in Basil of Caesarea's Homily 6 and its context / Brian Matz -- 9. Social justice in Lactantius's Divine Institutes : an exploration / Thomas Hughson -- Part IV. Reflections on the Theme : -- 10. The church fathers and |
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