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: Lampe, Peter (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Acta theologica
Year: 2016, Volume: 36, Pages: 1-28
ISSN:2309-9089
DOI:10.4314/actat.v23i1S.1
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/actat.v23i1S.1
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.ajol.info/index.php/actat/article/view/146037
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