Divine accounting: theo-economics in early Christianity
A nuanced narrative about the intersections of religious and economic life in early Christianity. The divine was an active participant in the economic spheres of the ancient Mediterranean world. Evidence demonstrates that gods and goddesses were represented as owning goods, holding accounts, and pro...
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| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New Haven London
Yale University Press
[2021]
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| In: | Anno: 2021 |
| Periodico/Rivista: | Synkrisis
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| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Cristianesimo delle origini
/ Vita religiosa
/ Economia
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Wealth
Religious aspects
B Theology Economic aspects B Economics Religious aspects B Christianity Economic aspects History B Mediterranean Region History To 476 B Christianity Economic aspects B Church History B Mediterranean Region Religione Economic aspects |
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| Riepilogo: | A nuanced narrative about the intersections of religious and economic life in early Christianity. The divine was an active participant in the economic spheres of the ancient Mediterranean world. Evidence demonstrates that gods and goddesses were represented as owning goods, holding accounts, and producing wealth through the mediation of religious and civic officials. This book argues that early Christ-followers also used financial language to articulate and imagine their relationship to the divine. Theo-economics--intertwined theological and economic logics in which divine and human beings regularly transact with one another--permeate the letters of Paul and other texts connected with Pauline communities. Unlike other studies, which treat the ancient economy and religion separately, Divine Accounting takes seriously the overlapping of themes such as poverty, labor, social status, suffering, cosmology, and eschatology in material evidence from the ancient Mediterranean and early Christian texts |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 0300253168 |