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An intriguing analysis of how the early Eastern Church dealt with the theological and social implications of debt and usury.
The purpose of They Who Give from Evil is to consider the financial and salvific implications of usury on the community and the individual soul as it is addressed within the sermons of a selection of early Christian Greek authors, in the historical context of the fourth century Roman Empire. Although focusing on two Greek texts, St. Basil's Homily on Psalm Fourteen and Against Those Who Practice Usury by St. Gregory of Nyssa, Ihssen is able to shed fascinating insight on Roman life and illustrate the rich social justice theologies of the patristic world.
The purpose of They Who Give from Evil is to consider the financial and salvific implications of usury on the community and the individual soul as it is addressed within the sermons of a selection of early Christian Greek authors, in the historical context of the fourth century Roman Empire. Although focusing on two Greek texts, St. Basil's Homily on Psalm Fourteen and Against Those Who Practice Usury by St. Gregory of Nyssa, Ihssen is able to shed fascinating insight on Roman life and illustrate the rich social justice theologies of the patristic world.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 220
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Publication Date:
31 January 2013
Trim Size: 9.02 X 6.02 in
ISBN: 9780227173985
Format: Paperback
Ihssen's patient study describes Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa's teachings on usury against the backdrop of the ancient world, of biblical teaching, and of other Christian voices in late antiquity. The result is a book that is both timely in its warnings against economic injustice, and illuminating in its elucidation of early Christian teachings on usury. Most importantly, Ihssen shows that Nyssa's approach to usury has its own unique emphases.
— Hans Boersma, Regent College
Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen performs a real service, therefore, in producing, in a very accessible form, an exhamination of the Eastern Church's response to moneylending.
— Dr. Selby
Ihssen is able to shed fascinating insight on Roman life and illustrate the rich social justice theologies of the patristic world.
As a work in patristics, Ihssen's monograph completes necessary spadework about one aspect of the social teaching of two major Eastern church thinkers. As a guide to social response for Christians today, Ihssen makes a further down-payment on a valuable and difficult project - to discover what sort of economy a self-consciously Christian civilization barely free of the era of the New Testament church did adopt or cerate once free of persecution.
— Timothy Patitsas
— Hans Boersma, Regent College
Brenda Llewellyn Ihssen performs a real service, therefore, in producing, in a very accessible form, an exhamination of the Eastern Church's response to moneylending.
— Dr. Selby
Ihssen is able to shed fascinating insight on Roman life and illustrate the rich social justice theologies of the patristic world.
As a work in patristics, Ihssen's monograph completes necessary spadework about one aspect of the social teaching of two major Eastern church thinkers. As a guide to social response for Christians today, Ihssen makes a further down-payment on a valuable and difficult project - to discover what sort of economy a self-consciously Christian civilization barely free of the era of the New Testament church did adopt or cerate once free of persecution.
— Timothy Patitsas
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1 Basil and Gregory's Sermons on Usury: A Simple Historiography
2 Usury in Greek and Roman Society
3 Usury in Jewish and Christian Scripture
4 Greek Theologians and Usury
5 Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa: Credit Where Credit is Due
6 Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1 Basil and Gregory's Sermons on Usury: A Simple Historiography
2 Usury in Greek and Roman Society
3 Usury in Jewish and Christian Scripture
4 Greek Theologians and Usury
5 Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa: Credit Where Credit is Due
6 Conclusion
Bibliography