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The purpose of They Who Give from Evil is to consider the financial and salvific implications of usury on the community and the individual soul as it is addressed within the sermons of a selection of early Christian Greek authors, in the historical context of the fourth century Roman Empire. Although focusing on two Greek texts, St. Basil's Homily on Psalm Fourteen and Against Those Who Practice Usury by St. Gregory of Nyssa, Ihssen is able to shed fascinating insight on Roman life and illustrate the rich social justice theologies of the patristic world.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1 Basil and Gregory's Sermons on Usury: A Simple Historiography
2 Usury in Greek and Roman Society
3 Usury in Jewish and Christian Scripture
4 Greek Theologians and Usury
5 Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa: Credit Where Credit is Due
6 Conclusion
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