The Hungry are Dying: Beggars and Bishops in Roman Cappadocia
by Susan R. Holman
2020-11-23 19:00:48
The Hungry are Dying: Beggars and Bishops in Roman Cappadocia
by Susan R. Holman
2020-11-23 19:00:48
This study examines the theme of poverty in the fourth-century sermons of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory Nazianzen, and Gregory Nysson. These sermons are especially important for what they tell us about the history of poverty relief and the role of fourt...
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This study examines the theme of poverty in the fourth-century sermons of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory Nazianzen, and Gregory Nysson. These sermons are especially important for what they tell us about the history of poverty relief and the role of fourth century Christian theology in constructingthe body of the redemptive, involuntary poor. Some of the topics explored include the contextualization of the poor in scholarship, the poor in late antiquity, and starvation and famine dynamics. In exploring this relationship between cultural context and theological language, this volume offers abroad and fresh overview of these little-studied texts.
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