1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996251301803316

Titolo

Local economy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Local Economy Pub. Co., 1986-

[Abingdon], : [Routledge]

London, : Sage

ISSN

1470-9325

Disciplina

330.941

Soggetti

Community development - Great Britain

Local finance - Great Britain

Economic policy

Community development

Local finance

Stedelijk beleid

Periodicals.

Great Britain Economic policy 1979-1997 Periodicals

Great Britain Economic policy 1997- Periodicals

Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910823469403321

Autore

Jones Jeffrey D.

Titolo

Facing decline, finding hope : new possibilities for faithful churches / / Jeffrey D. Jones ; foreword by Phyllis Tickle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-56699-732-1

1-56699-733-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Disciplina

254/.5

Soggetti

Church attendance

Church growth

Church renewal

Pastoral theology

Church work

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An Alban Institute book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. Confronting difficult news -- Part 2. Old and new questions -- Part 3. Embracing the dangerous work of change.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960222503321

Autore

Levering Matthew <1971->

Titolo

The betrayal of charity : the sins that sabotage divine love / / Matthew Levering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2011

ISBN

9781602583559

1602583552

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

241'.677--dc22

Soggetti

Charity

Sin - Christianity

Love - Religious aspects - Catholic Church

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Is charity violent? -- Hatred and the God of Israel -- Sloth and the joy of resurrection -- Envy and God-reliance -- Discord, contention, and ecclesial peace -- Schism and liturgical mediation -- War and the interpretation of Scripture -- Scandal, scapegoats, and spiritual downfall.

Sommario/riassunto

Love was at one time a powerfully unifying force among Christians. In his letters, Paul consistently evokes charity as the avenue to both human and divine communion. If the magnitude of charity was of the upmost importance to early Christians, so were those sins that aimed to distract Christians from acting based on love. Taking seriously the efforts of Paul, and later Thomas Aquinas, to expose and root out the sins against charity, Matthew Levering reclaims the centrality of love for moral, and in fact all, theology.As Levering argues, the practice of charity leads to inner joy