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