Poverty in the Early Church and Today a Conversation Walton, Steve. creator Swithinbank, Hannah. text Electronic books. enk London Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2019 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (259 pages) This innovative volume focuses on the significance of early Christianity for modern means of addressing poverty, by offering a rigorous study of deprivation and its alleviation in both earliest Christianity and today's world. The contributors seek to present the complex ways in which early Christian ideas and practices relate to modern ideas and practices, and vice versa. In this light, the book covers seven major areas of poverty and its causes, benefaction, patronage, donation, wealth and dehumanization, `the undeserving poor', and responsibility. Each area features an expert in early Christianity in its Jewish and Graeco-Roman settings, paired with an expert in modern strategies for addressing poverty and benefaction; each author engages with the same topic from their respective area of expertise, and responds to their partner's essay. Giving careful attention toboth the continuities and discontinuities between the ancient world and today, the contributors seek to inform and engage church leaders, those working in NGOs concerned with poverty, and all interested in these crucial issues, both Christian and not. Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; How This Book. Works; Reflecting on Poverty; Foreword; Abbreviations; Contributors; Part One Poverty Then and Now; 1 Two Concepts of Poverty: A Theological Analysis; Individual versus relational concepts of poverty; Oakes's deprivation concept of poverty; Individual versus relational poverty in international development; Green's relational definition of the poor in Luke; Green's versus Oakes's definitions of poverty; The corporate image of God; 2 Poverty and Its Causes in the Early Church; Introduction; Definitions of poverty Economic models and theories of the ancient Roman economyEumachia's business and trade; Production, distribution and consumption; Social scientific models' critique of an economic model; Economy in Judaea and Galilee in the first century ce; Archaeological evidence from Galilee in the first century ce; Analysis of archaeological evidence; Religious nationalism foments revolt against Rome; Conclusion; 3 Causes of Poverty Today; Introduction; What makes people poor?; What keeps people poor?; Inequality; Fatalism; Is there a way.out?; 4 Response to Lynn H Cohick 5 Dream Better Dreams: Response to Katie Harrison6 'Do Good to All' (Gal. 6.10): Assets, Capital and Benefaction in Early Christianity; Introduction; Benefaction in the Graeco-Roman world and in early Christianity; Motivating benefaction in the Graeco-Roman world and early Christianity; Resourcing benefaction; Targeting benefaction in early Christianity; Conclusion; 7 Benefaction. Today?; Introduction; What is benefaction?; An overview of benefaction in.the. UK; Volunteering as benefaction; Contemporary Christian benefaction; What motivates people to be philanthropists and benefactors? Conclusion8 Response to Bruce Longenecker; 9 Response to John Coleby; 10 Patronage and People: Paul's Perspective in Philippians; Introduction; Patronage in the Roman world; Paul's receipt of financial support; Reading Philippians in the light of ancient patronage; Other evidence; Conclusion; 11 Patronage Today; Introduction; Our world today; The complex nature of modern-day aid; Looking to a new discourse; Conclusion; 12 Response to Steve Walton; 13 Response to Helen Hekel; 14 Paul and the Gift to Jerusalem: Overcoming the Problems of the Long-Distance Gift; Introduction; Gifts in antiquity The Jerusalem collection: A hazardous giftPaul's attempts to enable a long-distance gift; Even long-distance gifts aim at reciprocity; 15 Raising Funds in One Place, Giving to Another: Gift Distribution Today; Introduction; The extraordinary generosity of people in poverty; Jesus's generosity; Generosity encouraged; Conclusions; 16 Response to John Barclay; 17 Response to Virginia Luckett; 18 Wealth and Dehumanization: Ezekiel's Oracles against Tyre; Introduction; The book of Ezekiel; The literary context; The wealth and dehumanization of. Tyre; Conclusions; 19 Poverty and Dehumanization Introduction Poverty Religious aspects Christianity Poverty Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 Pauvreté Aspect religieux Christianisme Église Histoire ca 30-600 (Église primitive) Religion & beliefs RELIGION Christian Life Social Issues RELIGION Christianity General Church history Primitive and early church Poverty Religious aspects Christianity Poverty Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines 30-600 fast Ancient History (History) Biblical Studies - Other Christian Education Christian Life and Issues Church History Development Studies Early Christianity Early Modern History (History) Education - Other Education Studies Evidence General Religion - Other History - Other (History) History of Education History of Education (History) History of Religion (History) Modern History (History) Social History (History) World History (History) BV639.P6 261.8/25 Poverty in the Early Church and Today : A Conversation Walton, Steve. 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