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Charity

The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition

By Anderson, Gary A.

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Publish Date

2015

Publisher

Yale University Press

Language

eng

Pages

227

Description:

In this reappraisal of charity in the biblical tradition, Anderson argues that the poor constituted the privileged place where Jews and Christians met God. He shows how charity affirms the goodness of the created order; the world was created through charity and therefore rewards it.