Economics of Faith: Reforming Poverty in Early Modern Europe

by Esther Chung-Kim

Economics of Faith examines the role of religious leaders in the development of poor relief institutions in early modern Europe. As preachers, policy makers, advocates, and community leaders, these reformers offered a new interpretation of salvation and good works that provided the religious foundation for poor relief reform. Although poverty was once associated with the religious image of piety, reformers no longer saw it as a spiritual virtue. Rather...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197537731
• ISBN13: 9780197537732
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"