RT Book
T1 Early Christian care for the poor: an alternative subsistence strategy under Roman imperial rule
T2 Matrix
JF Matrix
A1 Richardson, Kristopher Carl 1970-
LA English
PP Eugene, Oregon
PB Cascade Books
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1041177607
AB "Beginning with Jesus's ministry in the villages of Galilee and continuing over the course of the first three centuries as the movement expanded geographically and numerically throughout the Roman world, the Christians organized their house churches, at least in part, to provide subsistence insurance for their needy members. While the Pax Romana created conditions of relative peace and growing prosperity, the problem of poverty persisted in Rome's fundamentally agrarian economy. Modeling their economic values and practices on the traditional patterns of the rural village, the Christians created an alternative subsistence strategy in the cities of the Roman empire by emphasizing need, rather than virtue, as the main criterion for determining the recipients of their generous giving."
NO Revision of the doctoral dissertation completed in the Department of History at the University of California in 2008
NO includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and indexes
CN BV639.P6
SN 9781498296526
SN 9781498296540
SN 1498296548
SN 1498296521
K1 Scott, James C : Criticism and interpretation
K1 Scott, James C
K1 Criticism and interpretation
K1 Charity : Biblical teaching
K1 Church work with the poor : Rome
K1 Poverty : Religious aspects : Christianity : History of doctrines : Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 Caring : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 Civilization, Greco-Roman
K1 Caring
K1 Charity
K1 Church History
K1 Church work with the poor
K1 Religious Aspects
K1 Biblical teaching
K1 Christianity
K1 Primitive and early church
K1 Rome
K1 Poverty
K1 Rome (Empire)
K1 History of doctrines
K1 Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Early church, ca. 30-600
K1 History
K1 30-600
K1 Hochschulschrift