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Augustine’s view of Manichaean almsgiving and almsgiving by the Manichaean community at Kellis
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013 Taking its point of departure from Augustine’s criticism of Manichaean practices with food and drink that appear to disregard the New Testament injunction to give to the poor, or to those who are hungry and thirsty, this article investigates the ...
Majella Franzmann
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Contesting Almsgiving in Post-New Order Indonesia
American Journal of Islam and Society, 2014 This article explores the origin and development of the ideas and practice of zakat (Islamic tax) on salary and identifies how it affects the nature of zakat practice in contemporary Indonesia.
Hilman Latief
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Journal of Moral Theology, 2021 In this article, I argue that almsgiving is an important formative practice of repentance for the Christian disciple that leads the disciple to place one’s faith in God, to seek repentance for one’s sins, and subsequently disposes one to the reception of
James Stroud
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Almsgiving and Competing Soteriologies in Second-Century Christianity [PDF]
Religions, 2018 While care for the poor was widely advocated and practiced in early Christianity, charity was not universally endorsed. The Gospel of Thomas (Gos. Thom.), for example, is notable for its rejection of almsgiving, along with other practices such as fasting
David J. Downs
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Jurnal Sosiologi Agama, 2023 In social realm, the experience of religious communities has created diverse pious space in response to the elevating number of the urban poverty. Religious expression reduces the problem of poverty.
Roma Ulinnuha
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The Neglected Discipline of Almsgiving [PDF]
Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, 2018 Though the early church practiced almsgiving as a normative act of piety its role as a formative spiritual discipline has been largely ignored in contemporary evangelical works on the disciplines. In this article, I argue that intentional and real care for the poor, though rarely mentioned today as a formative practice in evangelical circles, ought to
Joseph C. Harrod
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Almsgiving as a rhetorical device in 4QTobit?
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 This article is a sequel to an earlier exploration of the possibility of a shift in the Book of Tobit from the Deuteronomistic theological perspective in the beginning to a more nuanced concept of theodicy in the end.
Annette H. Evans
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Journal of Global Buddhism, 2015 This article presents two separate analyses. The first concerns the structure of conversion to the Buddhist Compassion Relief Ciji Association ("Ciji") in economic and sociological terms, arguing that the sudden wealth generated during Taiwan’s period of
Charles B. Jones
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The South East Asian Journal of Management, 2015 This research analyzed the crucial management dimensions or key elements oforganizations that have been managed as Islamic almsgiving institutions (zakahfunds) in Indonesia.
Sari Viciawati Machdum +3 more
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Stewardship and Almsgiving: Luke's Theology of Wealth [PDF]
Tyndale Bulletin, 1993 Kyoung-Jin Kim
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