The Fear of Beggars: Stewardship and Poverty in Christian Ethics

by Kelly S. Johnson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802803784
• ISBN13: 9780802803788
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.0"