Fear of Beggars Stewardship and Poverty in Christian Ethics

Name: Fear of Beggars Stewardship and Poverty in Christian Ethics
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ISBN: 9780802803788

ISBN-10: 0802803784

ISBN-13: 9780802803788

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kelly Johnson

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Why, asks Kelly Johnson, does Christian ethics so rarely tackle the real-life question of whether to give to beggars? Examining both classical economics and Christian stewardship ethics as reactions to medieval debates about the role of mendicants in the church and in wider society, Johnson reveals modern anxiety about dependence and humility as well as the importance of Christian attempts to rethink property relations in ways that integrate those qualities. She studies the rhetoric and thought of Christian thinkers, beggar saints, and economists from throughout history, placing greatest emphasis on the life and work of Peter Maurin, a cofounder of the Catholic Worker movement. Challenging…

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List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date: 5/29/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 246
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction : waking up lost



Begging and Christian economy



The irony of voluntary begging



Stewardship : the rehabilitation of humility



The insolence of human wretchedness



Reaping what was sown



Why not be a beggar? : Peter Maurin and viator economics


Conclusion : economic comedy