Reading patristic texts on social ethics [electronic resource] : issues and challenges for twenty-first-century Christian social thought / edited by Johan Leemans, Brian J. Matz, Johan Verstraeten.
Leemans, Johan, 1965-; Matz, Brian J.; Verstraeten, Johan.
2011
BR60.A65 R43 2011eb
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Title Reading patristic texts on social ethics [electronic resource] : issues and challenges for twenty-first-century Christian social thought / edited by Johan Leemans, Brian J. Matz, Johan Verstraeten.
ISBN 9780813218595 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813218594 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813219103 (e-book)
Imprint Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2011.
Language English
Description xviii, 272 p.
Call Number BR60.A65 R43 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 261
Note "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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliography (p. 235-263) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Added Author Leemans, Johan, 1965-
Matz, Brian J.
Verstraeten, Johan.
Series CUA studies in early Christianity
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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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