Social welfare in the Greco-Roman world as a background for early Christian practice

The essay investigates if and how Greco-Roman theorists attempted to motivate altruistic behaviour and devise a social-welfare ethics. In comparison, it studies actual social-welfare practices on both the private and the state level. Various social-welfare tasks are touched upon – health care; care...

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Main Author: P. Lampe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2016-06-01
Series:Acta Theologica
Online Access:https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/2767
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