Economics of Faith
Reforming Poverty in Early Modern Europe
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 22 August 2023
- ISBN 9780197751206
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 236x156x16 mm
- Weight 367 g
- Language English 414
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Short description:
Economics of Faith addresses the multiple ways that leaders of the European Reformation sought to inspire new attitudes toward poverty and wealth, to reform the institutions of poor relief, and to create new organizations for aiding religious refugees. Guided by biblical ideals and values, religious reformers became some of the major contributors in the effort to address poverty, one of the most vexing social problem in early modern Europe. By examining the connections between religion, politics, and community, it highlights the crucial role that religion had in the promotion of social responsibility and the development of social welfare systems.
MoreLong description:
Economics of Faith examines the role of religious leaders in the development of poor relief institutions in early modern Europe. As preachers, policy makers, advocates, and community leaders, these reformers offered a new interpretation of salvation and good works that provided the religious foundation for poor relief reform. Although poverty was once associated with the religious image of piety, reformers no longer saw it as a spiritual virtue. Rather they considered social welfare reform to be an integral part of religious reform and worked to modify existing poor relief institutions or to set up new ones.
Population growth, economic crises, and migration in early modern Europe caused poverty and begging to be an ever-increasing concern, and religious leaders encouraged the development and expansion of poor relief institutions. This new cadre of reformers served as catalysts, organizers, stabilizers, and consolidators of strategies to alleviate poverty, the most glaring social problem of early modern society. Although different roles emerged from varying relationships and negotiations with local political authorities and city councils, reform-minded ministers and lay leaders shaped a variety of institutions to address the problem of poverty and to promote social and communal responsibility. As religious options multiplied within Christianity, one's understanding of community determined the boundaries, albeit contested and sometimes fluid, of responsible poor relief. This goal of communal care would be especially relevant for religious refugees who as foreigners and strangers became responsible for caring for their own group.
In Economics of Faith, Esther Chung-Kim examines the role of Protestant religious leaders in the development of poor relief reforms during the Reformation, particularly in Germany, the Swiss Territories, the Netherlands, and central Europe. New religious theologies and practices gave impetus to reconsiderations of traditional methods of poverty relief, particularly in cities, and provided new rationales for communal responsibility.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Figures
Introduction: Religious Foundations of Reform
Chapter 1: Wittenberg Reformers: Critique as Catalyst
Chapter 2: Johannes Bugenhagen: Diplomat of Poor Relief
Chapter 3: Heinrich Bullinger: Preacher for Poverty Prevention
Chapter 4: Migration and Religious Refugees: Poor Relief in Crisis
Chapter 5: John Calvin: Refugee Pastor and Promoter of the French Fund
Chapter 6: Swiss Brethren and Dutch Mennonites: Networks of Mutual Aid
Chapter 7: Hutterites in Moravia: Communal Property
Conclusion: Religious Reformers as Practical Visionaries
Bibliography
Index
