Charity: the place of the poor in the Biblical tradition

Name: Charity: the place of the poor in the Biblical tradition
Author: Gary A. Anderson

Author

Gary A. Anderson

Publisher

Yale University Press

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Title and Author

Charity: the place of the poor in the Biblical tradition / Gary A. Anderson

Publication Details

نیوهیون : Yale University Press، 2013م

Physical Description

222 p.: illustrations ; 32 cm.

Subject

Charity Biblical teaching

Language

انگلیسی

Includes index.

Contents

The challenge of charity -- Charity as an expression of faith in God -- Charity as service to God -- A loan to God -- Material wealth and its deceptions -- Deliverance from death -- Is charity always rewarded? -- Charity and the goodness of creation -- Charitable deeds as storable commodities -- Can merits be transferred? -- Storing good works in heaven -- Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving -- Sacrificial giving -- Deliverance from purgatory -- Your alms are a memorial

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