03703nam a2200529Ka 4500 ocn820011645 OCoLC 20200709055637.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 121203s2011 dcu ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780813219103 (electronic bk.) 0813219108 (electronic bk.) 9780813218595 0813218594 (OCoLC)820011645 500896 (N$T) BR60.A65 R43 2011eb REL 012110 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh 261 22 N$TA Reading patristic texts on social ethics [electronic resource] : issues and challenges for twenty-first-century Christian social thought / edited by Johan Leemans, Brian J. Matz, Johan Verstraeten. Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2011. 1 online resource (xviii, 272 p.) CUA studies in early Christianity Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-263) and index. "The contributions for this volume emerged out of an expert seminar on the theme of the Church Fathers and Catholic social thought held in Leuven in 2007"--P. vii. pt. I. Approaching patristic socio-ethical texts: 1. Texts that create a future : the function of ancient texts for theology today / Reimund Bieringer -- 2. Challenges in approaching patristic texts from the perspective of contemporary Catholic social teaching / Pauline Allen -- pt. II. Contexts for patristic socio-ethical texts: 3. Social ethics and moral discourse in late antiquity / Peter Van Nuffelen -- 4. Wealth, poverty, and eschatology : pre-Constantine Christian social thought and the hope for the world to come / Helen Rhee -- 5. The audience(s) for patristic social teaching : a case study / Wendy Mayer -- pt. III. Issues in patristic and Catholic social thought: 6. Out of the fitting room : rethinking patristic social texts on "the common good" / Susan R. Holman -- 7. "That which has been wrung from tears" : usury, the Greek fathers, and Catholic social teaching / Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen -- 8. The principle of detachment from private property in Basil of Caesarea's Homily 6 and its context / Brian Matz -- 9. Social justice in Lactantius's Divine Institutes : an exploration / Thomas Hughson -- pt. IV. Reflections on the theme: 10. The church fathers and Catholic social thought : reflections on the symposium / Richard Schenk -- 11. The (im)possible dialogue between patristics and Catholic social thought : limits, possibilities, and a way forward / Johan Leemans, Johan Verstraeten. Description based on print version record. Christian literature, Early History and criticism. Fathers of the church. Christian sociology Catholic Church. RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh Electronic books. Leemans, Johan, 1965- edt Matz, Brian J. edt Verstraeten, Johan. edt Print version: Reading patristic texts on social ethics. Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2011 9780813218595 (DLC) 2010040746 (OCoLC)667873250 CUA studies in early Christianity. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=500896 EBSCOhost EBSC 500896 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51945 51945