キリスト教と貧困問題 God Knows There's Need : Christian Responses to Poverty

Holman, Susan R

Oxford University Press Inc（2009/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 218 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780195383621
• DDC分類 261.8325

基本説明

Looks at how the Christian tradition, ancient and modern, has contemplated the subject of poverty and encourages the reader to reflect on the social issue of injustice and need.

Full Description

In this insightful volume, Susan R. Holman blends personal memoir and deep research into ancient writings to illuminate the age-old issues of need, poverty, and social justice in the history of the Christian tradition. Tying these historical texts to modern responses to need, Holman begins with her own encounters with need and describes her discovery of the existence of never-before-translated early Christian texts on responses to poverty, hunger, and disease. Holman explores, for instance, the stories of fourth- and fifth-century bishops responding to social crises of famine, homelessness, and disease, showing how these early Christian writers can be allies for those of us who want to influence our contemporary dialogue about relief and social justice. Throughout this deeply personal and richly scholarly work, Holman looks in particular at three broad, recurring ideas--sensing need, sharing the world, and embodying sacred kingdom--that allow her to bridge the ancient and the modern, and help readers understand more fully these age-old issues.

Contents

1. God Knows: Empathic Remembering ; 2. Remembering as Personal Story ; 3. Engaging Paradigms: The Shape of Early Christian Need ; 4. On Living and Telling: Crossing the Gap ; 5. Poverty and the Gendering of Empathy ; 6. Maria's Choice ; 7. On Living Crunchy and Doing Right(s) ; 8. Embodying Sacred Kingdom