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They Who Give From Evil - The Response of the Eastern Church to Moneylending in the Early Christian Era (Paperback, New)
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They Who Give From Evil - The Response of the Eastern Church to Moneylending in the Early Christian Era (Paperback, New)
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"They Who Give from Evil" is a stimulating exploration of the
response of the Eastern Church towards debt and money-lending, with
detailed reference to Greek and Roman societies and Christian and
Jewish scripture. Th ey who Give from Evil examines how the Eastern
Church saw the economic and theological implications of usury for
the community and for the individual souls of both lender and
borrower in the Early Christian Era. Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen's
analysis focuses on the Greek Fathers, off erring a nuanced
discussion of patristic teaching - and particularly on St Basil the
Great's Homilia in psalmum 14 and St Gregory of Nyssa's Contra
usurarios - concerning the reality of debt, alongside the
responsibility of Christian wealth. Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen is
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at Pacifi c Lutheran
University, where she teaches courses in the early and medieval
history of Christianity and Islam, and Eastern Orthodox theology. "
'They Who Give from Evil' offers an intriguing analysis of the
complicated issue of usury, and will be of great interest to
students and academics alike. Ihssen's patient study describes
Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa's teachings on usury against
the backdrop of the ancient world, of biblical teaching, and of
other Christian voices in late antiquity. The result is a book that
is both timely in its warnings against economic injustice, and
illuminating in its elucidation of early Christian teachings on
usury. Most importantly, Ihssen shows that Nyssa's approach to
usury has its own unique emphases." Hans Boersma, Regent College.
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