Rich and the Pure - Philanthropy and the Making of Christian Society in Early Byzantium

“This book is a game-changer and will set the direction of everything that will come thereafter—and all the while it reads like a novel. I could not put it down!”—Susanna Elm, Sidney H. Ehrman Professor of History and Classics, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley

"The result of decades of meticulous research across a vast array of sources, including archaeology, The Rich and the Pure offers new and nuanced perspectives on Christian attitudes toward wealth—its possession, and its circulation—against the very concrete background of the societal developments in the Eastern Mediterranean from the fourth to the seventh century.”—Claudia Rapp, University of Vienna and Austrian Academy of Sciences

“For now, and for any foreseeable time to come, this will be 'the' book on the roots of Christian wealth and charity. I expect it will be hailed as an instant classic.”—Hal Drake, University of California, Santa Barbara

About the author

Daniel Caner is Associate Professor at Indiana University, Bloomington. His previous books include Wandering Begging Monks: Spiritual Authority and the Promotion of Monasticism in Late Antiquity and History and Hagiography from the Late Antique Sinai.
 

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Caner
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.09.2021
• EAN: 9780520381582
• ISBN: 978-0-520-38158-2
• No. of pages: 440
• Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / World, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, Christianity, History of Religion, Ancient Rome, Byzantine Empire, European history: the Romans, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands