TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hengel,Martin
TI  - Property and riches in the early church: aspects of a social history of early Christianity 
SN  - 0800612019 :
AV  - BR 166 .H4513 1974
U1  - 261.8/5 
PY  - 1974///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - Fortress Press
KW  - Property
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Christian sociology
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
N1  - Translation of Eigentum und Reichtum in der frühen Kirche; Includes bibliographical references; Contents;  	The criticism of property among the fathers, natural law and utopia in antiquity. The criticism of property among the fourth-century fathers ; Natural law and utopia in antiquity ; Greek influence in early Christianity? --
Property and riches in the Old Testament and Judaism. The prophetic criticism of riches and its expression in the Torah ; Social tensions in early Judaism ; Poverty and riches in the rabbis --
The preaching of Jesus. Jesus' radical criticism of property ; Jesus' free attitude to property ; The imminence of the rule of God and the love of the Father --
The 'love communism' of the primitive community --
Paul and the communities of the Gentile Christian mission. The new situation ; The social structure of the Gentile Christian communities ; The eschatological relativization of property --
Attempts at solving the question of property in the community ethics of early Christianity --
The criticism of property in apocalyptic Christianity and its tradition. The influence of crude apocalyptic polemic ; Thorough-going criticism of riches in the community ; The motive of asceticism --
The ideal of 'self-sufficiency' in popular philosophy. Paul and the influence of popular philosophy ; Bourgeois influence on the ideal --
The compromise of effective compensation. The positive evaluation of manual labour and the moderate acquisition of possessions ; The increase in members from the upper strata in the communities ; Comprehensive care of the poor and its basis ; Three examples from the Roman community --
Clement of Alexandria: the rich man's salvation --
Cyprian of Carthage: on good works and almsgiving --
Ten concluding theses
ER  -