Reading patristic texts on social ethics issues and challenges for twenty-first-century Christian social thought /
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.
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, (c)2011.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 272 pages)
- CUA studies in early Christianity .
"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.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Approaching patristic socio-ethical texts -- Texts that create a future : the function of ancient texts for theology today / Challenges in approaching patristic texts from the perspective of contemporary Catholic social teaching / Contexts for patristic socio-ethical texts -- Social ethics and moral discourse in late antiquity / Wealth, poverty, and eschatology : pre-Constantine Christian social thought and the hope for the world to come / The audience(s) for patristic social teaching : a case study / Issues in patristic and Catholic social thought -- Out of the fitting room : rethinking patristic social texts on "the common good" / "That which has been wrung from tears" : usury, the Greek fathers, and Catholic social teaching / The principle of detachment from private property in Basil of Caesarea's Homily 6 and its context / Social justice in Lactantius's Divine Institutes : an exploration / Reflections on the theme -- The church fathers and Catholic social thought : reflections on the symposium / The (im)possible dialogue between patristics and Catholic social thought : limits, possibilities, and a way forward / Reimund Bieringer -- Pauline Allen -- Peter Van Nuffelen -- Helen Rhee -- Wendy Mayer -- Susan R. Holman -- Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen -- Brian Matz -- Thomas Hughson -- Richard Schenk -- Johan Leemans, Johan Verstraeten.
9780813219103
Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.
Fathers of the church.
Christian sociology--Catholic Church.
Electronic Books.
BR60 / .R433 2011
"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.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Approaching patristic socio-ethical texts -- Texts that create a future : the function of ancient texts for theology today / Challenges in approaching patristic texts from the perspective of contemporary Catholic social teaching / Contexts for patristic socio-ethical texts -- Social ethics and moral discourse in late antiquity / Wealth, poverty, and eschatology : pre-Constantine Christian social thought and the hope for the world to come / The audience(s) for patristic social teaching : a case study / Issues in patristic and Catholic social thought -- Out of the fitting room : rethinking patristic social texts on "the common good" / "That which has been wrung from tears" : usury, the Greek fathers, and Catholic social teaching / The principle of detachment from private property in Basil of Caesarea's Homily 6 and its context / Social justice in Lactantius's Divine Institutes : an exploration / Reflections on the theme -- The church fathers and Catholic social thought : reflections on the symposium / The (im)possible dialogue between patristics and Catholic social thought : limits, possibilities, and a way forward / Reimund Bieringer -- Pauline Allen -- Peter Van Nuffelen -- Helen Rhee -- Wendy Mayer -- Susan R. Holman -- Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen -- Brian Matz -- Thomas Hughson -- Richard Schenk -- Johan Leemans, Johan Verstraeten.
9780813219103
Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.
Fathers of the church.
Christian sociology--Catholic Church.
Electronic Books.
BR60 / .R433 2011