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" Reading Patristic Texts on Social Ethics "
edited by Johan Leemans, Brian J. Matz, Johan Verstraeten.
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BL
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636136
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Reading Patristic Texts on Social Ethics : Issues and Challenges for the Twenty-First Century /\ 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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CUA studies in early Christianity
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1 online resource (xviii, 272 p. )
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9780813219103
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9780813218595 (cloth : alk. paper)
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0813218594 (cloth : alk. paper)
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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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Includes bibliography (p. 235-263) and index.
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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 Catholic social thought : reflections on the symposium / Richard Schenk -- 11. The (im)possible dialogue between patristics and Catholic social thought : limits, possibilities, and a way forward / Johan Leemans, Johan Verstraeten
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Christian sociology-- Catholic Church.
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Fathers of the church.
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Christian literature, Early-- History and criticism.
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261
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Verstraeten, Johan.
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Matz, Brian J.
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Leemans, Johan,1965-
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Project Muse.
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