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999			_c153577 _d153577
001			775419995
003			OCoLC
005			20190905123529.0
008			120601s2012 miu b 001 0 eng
010			_a2012018187
020			_a9780801048241
020			_a0801048249
024	8		_a99951574562
035			_a(OCoLC)775419995
040			_beng _cNPTS
042			_apcc
050			_a.W4 _bR44 2012
082			_a261.85RHE
100	1		_aRhee, Helen
245	1	0	_aLoving the poor, saving the rich : _bwealth, poverty, and early Christian formation / _cHelen Rhee
260			_aGrand Rapids, MI : _bBaker Academic, _cc2012
300			_axx, 279 p. ; _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-252) and index
505	0		_aThe social, economic, and theological world of early Christianity -- Wealth, poverty, and eschatology -- Wealth, poverty, and salvation -- Wealth, poverty, and koinonia -- Wealth, poverty, and ecclesiastical control -- Wealth, poverty, and Christian identity -- Wealth, poverty, and Christian response in contemporary society
520	8		_a"The issue of wealth and poverty and its relationship to Christian faith is as ancient as the New Testament and reaches even further back to the Hebrew Scriptures. From the beginnings of the Christian movement, the issue of how to deal with riches and care for the poor formed an important aspect of Christian discipleship. This careful study analyzes the significance of wealth and poverty in constructing Christian identity in the complex socioeconomic situation and cultural milieu of the early Roman Empire. Helen Rhee shows how early Christians adopted, appropriated, and transformed the Jewish and Greco-Roman moral teachings and practices of giving and patronage. She examines how early Christians developed their distinctive theology and social understanding of wealth and the wealthy on one hand and of poverty and the poor on the other, demonstrating that this understanding impacted early Christian identity formation. She also explores the vital role wealth and poverty played in the construction of eschatology, soteriology, and ecclesiology in the social and cultural context of the time. In addition, the book draws out relevant implications of early Christian thought and practice for the contemporary church. Professors and students in courses on Christian origins, early Christianity, church history, and Christian ethics will value this work" -- Publisher description
650		0	_aWealth _xReligious aspects _xChristianity _xHistory
650		0	_aPoverty _xReligious aspects _xChristianity _xHistory
650		0	_aChurch history _yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600
942			_2ddc _cBK