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008			120601s2012 miu b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780801048241 (pbk.)
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050	0	0	_aBR 115.W4 _bR44 2012
082	0	0	_a261.8/509015 _223
100	1		_aRhee, Helen. _944387
245	1	0	_aLoving the poor, saving the rich : _bwealth, poverty, and early Christian formation / _cHelen Rhee.
260			_aGrand Rapids, MI : _bBaker Academic, _cc2012.
300			_axx, 279 p. ; _c23cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-252) and index.
505			_aContents:
505			_a The social, economic, and theological world of early Christianity -- Wealth, poverty, and eschatology -- Wealth, poverty, and salvation -- Wealth, poverty, and koinonia -- Wealth, poverty, and ecclesiastical control -- Wealth, poverty, and Christian identity -- Wealth, poverty, and Christian response in contemporary society.
520			_aSummary:
520			_a "The issue of wealth and poverty and its relationship to Christian faith is as ancient as the New Testament and reaches even further back to the Hebrew Scriptures. From the beginnings of the Christian movement, the issue of how to deal with riches and care for the poor formed an important aspect of Christian discipleship. This careful study analyzes the significance of wealth and poverty in constructing Christian identity in the complex socioeconomic situation and cultural milieu of the early Roman Empire. Helen Rhee shows how early Christians adopted, appropriated, and transformed the Jewish and Greco-Roman moral teachings and practices of giving and patronage. She examines how early Christians developed their distinctive theology and social understanding of wealth and the wealthy on one hand and of poverty and the poor on the other, demonstrating that this understanding impacted early Christian identity formation. She also explores the vital role wealth and poverty played in the construction of eschatology, soteriology, and ecclesiology in the social and cultural context of the time. In addition, the book draws out relevant implications of early Christian thought and practice for the contemporary church. Professors and students in courses on Christian origins, early Christianity, church history, and Christian ethics will value this work."--Publisher description.
650		0	_aWealth _xReligious aspects _xChristianity _xHistory. _944388
650		0	_aPoverty _xReligious aspects _xChristianity _xHistory. _944389
650		0	_aChurch history _yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600. _944390
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2lcc _cBOOK _hBR 115.W4 _iR44 2012
999			_c12542 _d12542