TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leemans,Johan
AU  - Matz,Brian J.
AU  - Verstraeten,Johan
TI  - Reading patristic texts on social ethics: issues and challenges for twenty-first-century Christian social thought 
T2  - CUA studies in early Christianity
SN  - 9780813219103 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BR60.A65 R43 2011eb
U1  - 261 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Catholic University of America Press
KW  - Christian literature, Early
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Fathers of the church
KW  - Christian sociology
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / General
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - "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; Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-263) and index; 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
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