Wealth and poverty are issues of perennial importance in the life
and thought of the church. This volume brings patristic thought to
bear on these vital issues. The volume begins with explanations of
poverty in the New Testament period, continues with developments
among Christians in Egypt and Asia Minor and in early Byzantium,
and closes by connecting patristic theology with contemporary
public policy and religious dialogue.
"Wealth and Poverty in Early Church and Society" is the first
volume to appear in Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and
History, a series that represents a deliberate outreach by the
Orthodox community to evangelical, Protestant, and Catholic
seminarians, pastors, and theologians. These multiauthor books
include contributors from all traditions but focus on the patristic
(especially Greek patristic) heritage.
"This is a splendid book, a substantial contribution on a topic
of perennial import for scholars of religion and theology. The
essays collected here offer important reassessments of scholarship
to date. They present fresh, vivid material and provide revised
models through which to study, reflect upon, and respond to
deprivation and surplus as realities in antiquity and in our own
time. Practical, pragmatic considerations are interwoven with
cultural, historical, and theological analyses. Excellent work
throughout!"--Susan Ashbrook Harvey, professor of religious
studies, Brown University
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