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Charity : The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300183733
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: CharityDDC classification:
  • 241.4
LOC classification:
  • BV4639.A53 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- 1. The Challenge of Charity -- PART ONE: Charity as an Expression of Faith in God -- 2. Charity as Service to God -- 3. A Loan to God -- 4. Material Wealth and Its Deceptions -- 5. Deliverance from Death -- 6. Is Charity Always Rewarded? -- 7. Charity and the Goodness of Creation -- PART TWO: Charitable Deeds as Storable Commodities -- 8. Can Merits Be Transferred? -- 9. Storing Good Works in Heaven -- 10. Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving -- 11. Sacrificial Giving -- 12. Deliverance from Purgatory -- 13. Conclusion: Your Alms Are a Memorial -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Index of Ancient Sources.
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Cover -- Contents -- 1. The Challenge of Charity -- PART ONE: Charity as an Expression of Faith in God -- 2. Charity as Service to God -- 3. A Loan to God -- 4. Material Wealth and Its Deceptions -- 5. Deliverance from Death -- 6. Is Charity Always Rewarded? -- 7. Charity and the Goodness of Creation -- PART TWO: Charitable Deeds as Storable Commodities -- 8. Can Merits Be Transferred? -- 9. Storing Good Works in Heaven -- 10. Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving -- 11. Sacrificial Giving -- 12. Deliverance from Purgatory -- 13. Conclusion: Your Alms Are a Memorial -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Index of Ancient Sources.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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