Reading patristic texts on social ethics : issues and challenges for twenty-first-century Christian social thought / edited by Johan Leemans, Brian J. Matz, Johan Verstraeten.
Material type: TextSeries: CUA studies in early ChristianityPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, �2011.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 272 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780813219103
- 0813219108
- Christian literature, Early -- History and criticism
- Fathers of the church
- Christian sociology -- Catholic Church
- Christian literature, Early -- History and criticism
- Christian sociology -- Catholic Church
- Fathers of the church -- Influence
- RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues
- RELIGION -- Christianity -- General
- RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ethics
- Christian literature, Early
- Christian sociology -- Catholic Church
- Fathers of the church
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- BR60.A65 R43 2011eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-263) and index.
"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"--Page vii.
pt. 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 -- pt. 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 -- pt. 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 -- pt. 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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