Reading patristic texts on social ethics : issues and challenges for twenty-first-century Christian social thought / / edited by Johan Leemans, Brian J. Matz, Johan Verstraeten.
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | CUA studies in early Christianity
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 272 p. |
| Notes: | "The contributions for this volume emerged out of an expert seminar on the theme of the Church Fathers and Catholic social thought held in Leuven in 2007." -- p.vii. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Approaching Patristic Socio-Ethical Texts :
- 1. Texts that create a future : the function of ancient texts for theology today / Reimund Bieringer
- 2. Challenges in approaching patristic texts from the perspective of contemporary Catholic social teaching / Pauline Allen
- Part II. Contexts for Patristic Socio-Ethical Texts :
- 3. Social ethics and moral discourse in late antiquity / Peter Van Nuffelen
- 4. Wealth, poverty, and eschatology : pre-Constantine Christian social thought and the hope for the world to come / Helen Rhee
- 5. The audience(s) for patristic social teaching : a case study / Wendy Mayer
- Part III. Issues in Patristic and Catholic Social Thought :
- 6. Out of the fitting room : rethinking patristic social texts on "the common good" / Susan R. Holman
- 7. "That which has been wrung from tears" : usury, the Greek fathers, and Catholic social teaching / Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen
- 8. The principle of detachment from private property in Basil of Caesarea's Homily 6 and its context / Brian Matz
- 9. Social justice in Lactantius's Divine Institutes : an exploration / Thomas Hughson
- Part IV. Reflections on the Theme :
- 10. The church fathers and Catholic social thought : reflections on the symposium / Richard Schenk
- 11. The (im)possible dialogue between patristics and Catholic social thought : limits, possibilities, and a way forward / Johan Leemans, Johan Verstraeten.