Divine accounting theo-economics in early Christianity / Jennifer A. Quigley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quigley, Jennifer A., author.

Series:

Synkrisis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Economic aspects--History.

Christianity.

Theology--Economic aspects.

Theology.

Wealth--Religious aspects.

Wealth.

Christianity--Economic aspects.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 179 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]

Summary:

A nuanced narrative about the intersections of religious and economic life in early Christianity. The divine was an active participant in the economic spheres of the ancient Mediterranean world. Evidence demonstrates that gods and goddesses were represented as owning goods, holding accounts, and producing wealth through the mediation of religious and civic officials. This book argues that early Christ-followers also used financial language to articulate and imagine their relationship to the divine. Theo-economics--intertwined theological and economic logics in which divine and human beings regularly transact with one another--permeate the letters of Paul and other texts connected with Pauline communities. Unlike other studies, which treat the ancient economy and religion separately, Divine Accounting takes seriously the overlapping of themes such as poverty, labor, social status, suffering, cosmology, and eschatology in material evidence from the ancient Mediterranean and early Christian texts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780300253160

0300253168

OCLC:

1198556696

Publisher Number:

99987735959