Charity in inter-religious perspective
- 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 ...
Author: | Edmund WeberGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-49514 |
URL: | http://web.uni-frankfurt.de/irenik/religionskultur.htm |
ISSN: | 1434-5935 |
Parent Title (German): | Journal of religious culture = Journal für Religionskultur |
Series (Serial Number): | Journal of religious culture = Journal für Religionskultur (46) |
Publisher: | Univ. |
Place of publication: | Frankfurt am Main |
Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2001 |
Year of first Publication: | 2001 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2007/10/17 |
Issue: | 46 |
Note: | 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 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 192473840 |
Institutes: | Angeschlossene und kooperierende Institutionen / Institut für Wissenschaftliche Irenik |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 2 Religion / 23 Christentum, Christliche Theologie / 230 Christentum, Christliche Theologie |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |