Author: William Watson
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Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Through the Eye of a Needle
Author: Peter Brown
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400844533
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
A sweeping intellectual history of the role of wealth in the church in the last days of the Roman Empire Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire, written by the world's foremost scholar of late antiquity. Peter Brown examines the rise of the church through the lens of money and the challenges it posed to an institution that espoused the virtue of poverty and called avarice the root of all evil. Drawing on the writings of major Christian thinkers such as Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome, Brown examines the controversies and changing attitudes toward money caused by the influx of new wealth into church coffers, and describes the spectacular acts of divestment by rich donors and their growing influence in an empire beset with crisis. He shows how the use of wealth for the care of the poor competed with older forms of philanthropy deeply rooted in the Roman world, and sheds light on the ordinary people who gave away their money in hopes of treasure in heaven. Through the Eye of a Needle challenges the widely held notion that Christianity's growing wealth sapped Rome of its ability to resist the barbarian invasions, and offers a fresh perspective on the social history of the church in late antiquity.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400844533
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
A sweeping intellectual history of the role of wealth in the church in the last days of the Roman Empire Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire, written by the world's foremost scholar of late antiquity. Peter Brown examines the rise of the church through the lens of money and the challenges it posed to an institution that espoused the virtue of poverty and called avarice the root of all evil. Drawing on the writings of major Christian thinkers such as Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome, Brown examines the controversies and changing attitudes toward money caused by the influx of new wealth into church coffers, and describes the spectacular acts of divestment by rich donors and their growing influence in an empire beset with crisis. He shows how the use of wealth for the care of the poor competed with older forms of philanthropy deeply rooted in the Roman world, and sheds light on the ordinary people who gave away their money in hopes of treasure in heaven. Through the Eye of a Needle challenges the widely held notion that Christianity's growing wealth sapped Rome of its ability to resist the barbarian invasions, and offers a fresh perspective on the social history of the church in late antiquity.
Camera
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Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 638
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The Camera
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Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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A Text-book of Practical Physics
Author: William Watson
Publisher:
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Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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ISBN:
Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye
Author: William Mackenzie
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
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A Text-book of Practical Physics
Author: William Watson (F. R. S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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A Class Book of Physics
Author: Sir Richard Arman Gregory
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Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Lab Manual-Physics-TB-12_E-R
Author: Dr R K Gupta
Publisher: New Saraswati House India Pvt Ltd
ISBN: 9353623294
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages :
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Lab Manual-Physics-TB-12_E-R
Publisher: New Saraswati House India Pvt Ltd
ISBN: 9353623294
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages :
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Lab Manual-Physics-TB-12_E-R
The Lancet
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1442
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1442
Book Description
A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye
Author: Mackenzie
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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