TY  - GEN
A1  - Weber, Edmund
T1  - Charity in inter-religious perspective
T2  - Journal of religious culture = Journal für Religionskultur
N2  - Charity has a long tradition in the Christian religion. From the early beginning there was some organized charity. In the Acts of the Apostles we read about socalled diakonoi being responsible for the needy Christians. During the whole church history there was the rule that 1/3 of the tithe, the decima pars, the religious tax, had to be spend for the poor people of a parish. Of course, there was much misuse of that portion; the tithe became private and the new owners of the tax mostly living far away were not interested in supporting the poor people. Yet, the Christian people organized additional charity. It is very important to see that religious mentality was very helpful for that ...
T3  - Journal of religious culture = Journal für Religionskultur - 46 
Y1  - 2001
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/525
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-49514
UR  - http://web.uni-frankfurt.de/irenik/religionskultur.htm
SN  - 1434-5935
N1  - The article is based on a paper which was presented during an Indo-German seminar on "Charity and Religion" at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, 23.-24.3.2001, New Delhi, India
IS  - 46
PB  - Univ.
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -